Everybody says “Why on earth did they waste money on that study?”
Well, let’s say the next one was up to you. Which study would you fund?
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I’d like to see them actually test if any specific foods are more fattening than others.
Line up a long row of mouse cages. Each one gets the RDA of mouse chow.
The first couple are control cages, then the next two have added amounts of lean beef, next two fatty bacon, next two tuna, next two chocolate, next two broccoli, …
Before you pick at it, I should add that all the fine details would be done exactly as you demanded, just so it would be a fair test.
I wanna see large real life creatures genetically modified to be pet sized. Like a polar bear that gets no larger then a medium sized dog. Or what about a small tiger that gets no bigger then a house cat?
For major studies, these fine details that you speak of are typically determined by people who have Ph.D’s in statistics with focusses in “experimental design and analysis”. You might want to leave that part out.
I want more domestic animals to glow in the dark. As a matter of fact I want all domestic animals to glow in the dark - that way they’ll be easy to spot and make for some surreal countryside views at night. So they should experiment with a cheap generic ways of getting that to happen.
Also I really want to see what would happen if we blew up the moon somehow. I know the rubble would still float up there, but it’ll be like saturns rings instead of a satelite. There is actually a whole society of people out there that want to blow up the moon.
And if those two are done there is always the old goat into space out of a PVC canon thing that I wanna see checked out
That’s probably one of those where people will ask “Did we really need to spend money to find this out? Couldn’t we just have had a show of hands and if no body is opposed the premise passes.”
faldureon I sure hope they study the effects of blowing up the moon before they try it. Since earth has the biggest gravity field in the neighborhood, most of the chunks would land here.
On the other hand, it might be fun to strap a couple of those guidance rockets to the moon and give it a nudge. Seems like that’s all it takes to spin something. Then we could see all sides when we look up.
After watching Discovery’s “If the Earth had no Moon” I wouldn’t want to “see” what happens if we blew up the moon. However I am rather curious as to what would happen if we made it spin.
Probably kill off everything in the ocean I would guess.
I’d like to see more money funneled into quantum mechanics myself. I want my George Jetson hover car dammit!!
But in all honesty, I want to see more effort put into developing new, effective antibiotics, and non-addictive alternatives to pain management. Not that I’m not delighted that millions of old men can now get it up for old-people sex… but some things are a little more important.
Jeez I’m glad you lot aren’t in charge of the scientific budget!
Personaly I want to see a grain that is drought proof OR a way to ensure that the rest of the world gets a guaranteed way to eat.
The west has far too many fat fuckers, it is aborrent that people in the “Western” world die because they are fat fuckers while many many others die because they forgot what food looks like.
This is why, if women ran things, we would still be naked, cold and living in caves. “Ug, stop banging those flints together! You’re getting chippings on the floor, and it’s filthy in here already!” :rolleyes:
The space program is dedicated to helping people here. Astronomical observations help us refine our understanding of physics, which in turn will contribute to new technologies. Planetary science observations help us understand our own planet better. Earth monitoring satellites help us predict the paths of hurricanes, predict droughts, and assess damage done to the planet. GPS, COSPAS-SARSAT, and satellite phones are invaluable for search & rescue operations. And the manned space program is an extention of such research activities - one geologist standing on the moon is worth dozens of unmanned probes.
So… my choice would be to fully fund a spaceplane project. In addition to cheap access to space, it may lead to hypersonic airliners. LA to Tokyo in 1 hour!
