Loved these two recent stories which reflect the insane expenditure levels in this department.
The first story relates that the DOD built not one, but TWO Hubble-level telescopes....then realized they didn't need them.
The other story I loved discusses the DDG-1000 destroyer program. The first of these ships, costing over $7 billion each (including R&D), is due to arrive in 2014.
The Navy originally wanted 32 of them.....very reasonable. Sadly, they'll have to settle for "only" seven. Just absurd.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/04/planned-stealth-destroyer-could-underpin-us-navy-china-strategy/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/06/04
The first story relates that the DOD built not one, but TWO Hubble-level telescopes....then realized they didn't need them.
The other story I loved discusses the DDG-1000 destroyer program. The first of these ships, costing over $7 billion each (including R&D), is due to arrive in 2014.
The Navy originally wanted 32 of them.....very reasonable. Sadly, they'll have to settle for "only" seven. Just absurd.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/04/planned-stealth-destroyer-could-underpin-us-navy-china-strategy/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/06/04
