Its worth it (Score 1)

Why bother about how much NASA spends on its brilliant minds?? Don't they deserve a party after all the effort that they put in? Its something that is to be appreciated. Many of them are always too cluttered up with work, it suits them well to party hard, even if there might not be girls in the party. And if the government is willing to spend that much over them, it clearly acts as a source of inspiration, a way to keep their spirits up. This is the thing that most governments never care to do. In many countries, great minds have lived their whole lives in destitution. It really hurts to read about them when their sons/daughters decide not to do what their their nerd like parents did all their life just because of the pecuniary injustice.