Apologies for the tangents away from NASA - I was just replying to one of the parent comments that mentioned medical research I don't think all research is wor

Apologies for the tangents away from NASA - I was just replying to one of the parent comments that mentioned medical research I don't think all research is worthwhile; I think grant proposals should get shot down if the lab/idea isn't up to snuff. I'm happy for companies to do R&D! There's lot of examples over the years (Bell labs, Google, etc). I just don't think it makes sense in high risk situations with long reward lag times. The exceptions will be the really, really big companies flush with cash, which has its own issues.