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Jel,
Internet, WiFi, GPS, Velcro, Teflon, MRI, Driverless cars and dozens of other technologies have come from two organizations: NASA and DARPA. Even more importantly, they come without the patents private enterprise would have used to strangle others from expanding on them.
If you want to help the homeless and the mentally ill, vote to skyrocket the budget for NASA. Unfortunately DARPA is part of the defense budget so there is no way to earmark money to go to it without raising the overall defense budget and risking the money being diverted to other military projects.
This particular mission was by the ESA, funded by Europe. The Large Hadron Collider was also European. Want to lose our standard of living fastest? Keep allowing other nations to lead the way with new discoveries....
Always bet on science.
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