Well Wayne; thats another huge ball of wax. Probably too much for a forum topic. I firmly believe in the maxim; follow the money. I have never seen it to fail. I don't believe that the trickle down effect would work. The space program was a one shot deal that will not happen again due to many factors of time and place. Who would own these taxpayer funded discoveries? Today in the news the state of Connecticut and two other states are suing the federal govt. for the complete abandonement of funding for the mandated No Child Left Behind Act. So do we trust them to follow through on anything that isn't revenue producing?