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>> 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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