The absurdity of technology infastructure in Australia

After making the 1 billion kilometre journey from Titan to Australia's Parkes radio telescope in only an hour, data from the Huygens probe hitches a four-hour early morning ride to Sydney via two taxis and a charter flight.

Talk about absurd ! The lack of high speed connections to and from national scientific facilities in Australia is a national disgrace. Forget about wiring the cities for godsake ... wire the whole country. We'll get left behind otherwise.

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