QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Nov 21 2006, 01:03 AM)
It's truly unfortunate that it is so expensive for people to access scientific journals these days. It just isn't right.
Indeed!
Taxpayers are unable to read about the work that they paid for without paying for it a third time. The first time is in the form of government grants that pay for the research. The second time in the form of government funding of univesities, who are the primary buyers of the scholarly works.
Research is an expensive activity. And space science is very, very expensive.