Not only that, they once funded the collider experiments at a physics laboratory where I worked when NSF had cut funding drastically, we're talking millions of

Not only that, they once funded the collider experiments at a physics laboratory where I worked when NSF had cut funding drastically, we're talking millions of dollars here. https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Relativistic_Heavy_Ion_Collider#Financial_information https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Relativistic_Heavy_Ion_Colli... http://www0.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=21314 http://www0.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=21314