Government Research Funding is Vital (Score 1)

Look at your computer. If it wasn't for people being curious about the nature of light (wave or partcle) you wouldn't have a computer. That simple curiousity also lead to the production of nuclear weapons and to our understanding of stars. If we don't give money to pure science we won't get any great technological advances. Corporations are not going to give much money because they want short term profit. Government needs to give money or there will be very little and that means no spaceships or giant particle accelerators and many many fewer of more basic research facilities. Also fewer people could make a living at research. Not like it is easy to now.