Maybe we should return university science to the Sputnik Golden Age style of funding: once you've shown that you know what you're talking about, you just get lo

Maybe we should return university science to the Sputnik Golden Age style of funding: once you've shown that you know what you're talking about, you just get loads of funding and just publish papers to keep it coming. According to folks who were doing science back then, it was glorious; they could get work done so much faster! And just think of the international consequences. If the US became the land of easy funding, it would definitely keep a lot of foreign talent around. This sort of thing is a competitive advantage, and probably pretty cheap.