But I don't see any other way around the lack of R&D. A perceived possibility of an alien invasion. I'm serial (c). The Cold War sent us to space and gave us I

But I don't see any other way around the lack of R&D. A perceived possibility of an alien invasion. I'm serial (c). The Cold War sent us to space and gave us Internet and Lisp machines, while wars on drugs and terrorism don't scare anyone enough to pour more money into fundamental science. Aliens, I'm telling you.