> How many factory or construction jobs does "hard-science" funding create? Lots? JWST is a schoolbus-sized pile of high-precision high-tech parts, never mind

> How many factory or construction jobs does "hard-science" funding create? Lots? JWST is a schoolbus-sized pile of high-precision high-tech parts, never mind the construction of new facilities to test, transport it. LIGO and friends require substantial construction, colliders are huge construction projects before they're scientific instruments, ... If there's a productive project that costs billions, it's going to employ a lot of people.