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Are you imaginging a JWST or similar telescope that isn't a government program?
by jmyeet 5y ago
Are you imaginging a JWST or similar telescope that isn't a government program?
- WalterBright 5y agoWhy not? Capitalism has a record of funding a lot of scientific expeditions, for example. Let's say Microsoft wanted to generate goodwill in the scientific community? What could be better than funding a space telescope?
- betwixthewires 5y agoMicrosoft has had many incidents in which generation of goodwill would've been very valuable, so where's the Microsoft space telescope? Goodwill isn't going to cut it. There needs to be a tangible incentive.