[JKCalhoun]

I feel like the last renaissance of funding (BIG SCIENCE) was the space race.

Let's do that again. It was at least a lot more multi-disciplinary than an atom-smasher.

[xiphias2]

The Human Genome Project was a huge success. Being able to read the DNA cheaply got us a revolution in biotech (cancer therapies, gene therapies, mRNA delivery, and my favourite: partial / full cell reprogramming)