[from occupied ga]

Basic research

I guess it depends on how you define this. I consider giant supercolliders to be pork with no practical payoff for anyone except those whose livelihoods are provided by hte pork and payofff to the politicians who are using the pork money to buy votes. You might consider this to be basic research.

[Cooter]

Do you feel the same way about the Apollo program? Did we spend $25+ billion for a just few rocks and a flag on the moon?