re keeping spacecraft on after funding cuts in article almaden ibm com nicho vnet ibm com writes since we don t have the money to keep them going now how will changing them to a seperate agency help anything how about transferring control to a non profit organisation that is able to accept donations to keep craft operational the problem is you can t raise adequate amounts of money that way the viking fund tried they did succeed in a way but only because of the political impact of their fundraising the actual amount of money they raised was fairly inconsequential it would not have kept the viking lander going by itself all work is one man s work henry spencer u of toronto zoology kipling henry zoo toronto edu utzoo henry
