I would think NASA would be spending this time and money on finding out the cause of the Columbia explosion. Ya, I'm sure the cosmologists stationed at various observatories around the world could help by examining the shuttle rubble for clues. (sarcasm)
Maybe you know of someone who is an expert on how foam planets interact with tile planets.
Get serious.
If you think that it is money well spent for the federal government to pay people to guesstimate how old the universe is, YOU need to get serious.