> I won't doubt it was fun and educational but I can't in all honesty pretend that is a good value for the taxpayers. The students who work on these types of p

> I won't doubt it was fun and educational but I can't in all honesty pretend that is a good value for the taxpayers. The students who work on these types of projects go on to create technology, companies, and jobs. The skills and experience they learn is a direct injection into our innovation economy. And of course that's not even to mention that a lot of the things they work on will never get vetted in private industry, so we'll never even know if there is value hidden in the weeds.