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> US sponsors pointless nerd hobby for millions as a way to stimulate 3rd world economy
> Cool engineering project a prestige piece for west
> "we got two nobel prizes out of it!!!" said today as if that justifies the money spent
> 60 years go by, nobody cares, it doesn't make any tangible changes in the average taxpayer's life
> Tourist trap for puerto rico, but NASA wants to spend money elsewhere for newer nerd projects
> Funding stops, facility on its own
> Everything immediately snaps, destroying the whole thing
"no the pride of Puerto Rico! It's gone! But you should be careful, you crackers are always stealing native lands for your projects - wait no come back we want your prestige projects in our lands come on we need the free stuff it's cool and it makes us feel fancy don't make us squat in these ruins!!!"
> Cool engineering project a prestige piece for west
> "we got two nobel prizes out of it!!!" said today as if that justifies the money spent
> 60 years go by, nobody cares, it doesn't make any tangible changes in the average taxpayer's life
> Tourist trap for puerto rico, but NASA wants to spend money elsewhere for newer nerd projects
> Funding stops, facility on its own
> Everything immediately snaps, destroying the whole thing
"no the pride of Puerto Rico! It's gone! But you should be careful, you crackers are always stealing native lands for your projects - wait no come back we want your prestige projects in our lands come on we need the free stuff it's cool and it makes us feel fancy don't make us squat in these ruins!!!"