• dalekcaan@feddit.nl
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      "Once ze rockets go up, who cares where zey come down?

      Zat’s not my department," says Werner von Braun.

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        There’s a difference between the hear, and the now.

        But seriously, far too much of this publicly funded research is locked away behind high pay walls for no legitimate reasons.

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          publicly funded research is locked away behind high pay walls

          Even though <1% of people would read it, the fact that it’s all there and not hidden would do a lot to dispel the hideous intersection between conspiracy theorists and anti-science sentiment that is now poisoning civic society.

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            JFC what would it cost to pay researchers to review papers and have costs only be to cover those who want physical copies. Compare that number to the $75Billion for ICE specifically, between now and 2029

            $7.5 Million would probably cover it for the same period

            Think what the USA could have been