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		| Originally posted by H12 Good question.  I think astrology is cool and all, but we really shouldn't be spending much of our time and money on much outside of our own galaxy.
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 We're not talking about astrology.  We're talking about astronomy.  Keep that clear in your mind.
Astrology has to do with fortune telling.
Astronomy has to do with reality: looking at it, figuring it out.
As far as how much money is going into this, figure "not much".  And for those who have a problem with that, why, exactly, do we 
bother living if we don't have any fun?
More to the point, this is basic research.  Someone around here has a sig "If we knew what we were going to get, we wouldn't call it 'research'."  Leave it at that for now.