Re: Real Question
why are NASA wasting so much on high-end GPU machines and 3D enhanced goggles
a) spend it all, or lose it in next year's budget
b) someone's brother in law or friend owns a company that...
c) looks good in ads, brochures, and presentations
d) cool toys for engineers to play with [so you don't have to pay them as much]
e) expensive stuff justifies begging for bigger budgets
and so on. It's hard to put a direct finger on it, but I'd say ANY gummint contract is likely to have an element of waste, fraud, and/or abuse in it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
