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[–] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

In many ways - that's the point! They had the funding to develop things which would then become the building blocks for other technologies. Blue sky research is research done without a commercial outcome - but enables future projects with immediate application.

It's the only way we progress.