Oh come now, you're being naive if you don't think a lot of DoD spending doesn't advance the sciences. I'm not saying NASA and non-military sciences shouldn't get more funding, but to paint it the way you did is willfully ignorant.
Now let's get this thread back on topic.
Yeah, the Air Force even has a space program. Gamma ray bursts were discovered by a satellite used to search for atomic bomb testing, and were classified at first!
