The funding is already being proposed in the same House Committee with the "Securing American Leadership in Science and Technology Act" -- which proposes doubling basic research funding over the next decade at the Energy Department, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Science and Technology, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Perhaps if Schmidt's last point about building public confidence is successful, maybe public opinion would be in favor of it.
At the same time, the irony isn't lost on me that the former CEO of Google is warning about authoritarian tech.
These photos beautifully capture Colombia's relentless spirit and unwavering passion for peace and justice in the face of its community leaders being slaughtered by the hundreds.
"Forge is listening to that ecosystem in real-time — the ecoystem of news, of social, of websites, of blogs, of whatever we can from around the world — and we’re capturing that information"
If you want to know what the US intelligence community is up to in space, then check out IARPA’s SMART program, which aims to find out who’s building what and where.
"If malware still exists in the future, our hospitals may be treating patients with chronic implant disorders whose illnesses may look like something out of Dante’s “Inferno” or "The Book of the Dead."
“When you think about what has happened in commercial space, and the amount of money that people have spent to develop commercial space technology, it’s this perfect situation where we should leverage that,” said Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan
The report cited in the article by Mijente, the National Immigration Project, and the Immigrant Defense Project definitely has an agenda of its own and does not like the Trump administration one bit. Saying it's part of a "larger white supremacist project" is a bold statement.
Humanitarian crises are happening all over the world, and you're right, downrightmike, people are going legally or not, and for many, many reasons.