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also, if it makes you feel any better, these projects tend to have a way of trickling down/out knowledge... Absolutely. The HST, for instance, is basically a

also, if it makes you feel any better, these projects tend to have a way of trickling down/out knowledge... Absolutely. The HST, for instance, is basically a Cold War spy satellite that's pointed the other way.

sesqu 15y ago
Except kabdib pointed out that HST had to have all of the tech reinvented, since nothing trickled out.