[kjam22]

I have a lot more skepticizm about people who say the universe is 13 billion years old, than I do people who say it is 6000 years old.

The problem is that a lot of these same people who say the universe is 13 billion years old are the ones who are now saying... "Gee, Pluto isn't doing what we thought it would be doing".

Really, the idea the the government pays people with tax dollars to guess about the makeup of dark holes, and multiple dimenisons, and the age of the universe, and all that cosmic stuff..... well... it's not where I would allocate the funds.

[Aric2000]

It's called Science, and when something is NOT doing what you think that it ought to be doing, then you figure out why.

This is science in action, the apollo and space suttle have cost us BILLIONS, but the technology that created them made TRILLIONS for the private sector. Which made the quality of life for EVERY american better then it was. Teflon is one real good example.

Science is an investment, and a damn good one.

[js1138]

The problem is that a lot of these same people who say the universe is 13 billion years old are the ones who are now saying... "Gee, Pluto isn't doing what we thought it would be doing".

Would you care to be specific about that?