Large astronomical projects like the Dark Energy Survey and the James Webb Space Telescope provide innumerable benefits to society, like technological spin-offs, national prestige, and a way to satisfy our common human curiosity. How are we supposed to judge the value of large scientific projects? With traditional projects the cost-benefit analysis is rather straightforward. We …
Large astronomical projects like the Dark Energy Survey and the James Webb Space Telescope provide innumerable benefits to society, like technological spin-offs, national prestige, and a way to satisfy our common human curiosity. How are we supposed to judge the value of large scientific projects? With traditional projects the cost-benefit analysis is rather straightforward. We …
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