Thanks for that Kato.
No it's not a waste of money. Excess stockpiles of long range nuclear missiles are a waste of money, bloated military budgets are a waste of money, they add nothing to the good of society whatsoever. This has the potential to answer some of the most fundamental scientific questions about how the universe was created and ultimately how we came to be.
Polar, if you think it's just a simple matter of taking this $ 10B and giving it to the hungry then you are rather naive about how the world works mate. It's nice you care so much about them though