On Oct 24, 8:56*am, Tim wrote:
On Oct 24, 6:31*am, Tom Francis - SWSports

wrote:
Who knew?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/science/28xray.html

I wonder how much grant money was wasted on that?

Out of grant sponsored studies come a lot of very useful information.
We have a space program that some would perceive as wasteful spending,
but it has led to a lot of useful info and products.