>> Last time I checked, nobody pays money for finding out how the 
>> universe works.
> 
> All that money they used to build the thing? They spent it on people 
> working, rather than welfare.
> 
> And yes, what do you think the Hubble is all about, if not figuring out 
> how the universe works?

I must admit, I've often wondered where the hell they got the money to 
build Hubble, given that once it's built it generates no income...

>> Really? I assumed it was just a question of running different designs 
>> through the simulator and seeing which ones have the best properties.
> 
> How do you know what the simulation is supposed to do?  You want to 
> simulate (say) a rocket launch? How are you going to do that if you 
> don't know the formulae for a rocket launch?

I'm not understanding what you're trying to say.

>> Are you seriously suggesting that there are problems that are unsolved?
> 
> Yes?  Lots, even?  Even lots that have been unsolved for a long time?

I'm aware that there are lots of problems in science and mathematics 
which are unsolved, but I was under the impression that things as 
mundane as figuring out what shape a wing needs to be are not amoung them.

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