There's sometimes criticism of like ridiculous science, like studying penguins or something. Some congressmen stands up and says, this is a waste of taxpayer dollars. But some of it will be- for example, CRISPR was pure research for 25 years. Now it's a household word and students are editing genomes in high school. And there's stuff that you discover as part of the research that you didn't anticipate. They have nothing to do with the actual research. So to me, aliens, looking for aliens out there in the universe is a motivator that just inspires everybody,. young people, old people, scientists, artists, engineers, entrepreneurs,Everybody.

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