The project ran into serious problems last year, however, after Livermore officials revealed that technical glitches and management missteps would delay the project beyond its scheduled 2003 completion date and drive up costs (Science, 31 March, p. 2389).
To cover publishing costs, Science Advances will charge a per-paper fee expected to be within the range of what other open-access journals charge, typically about $1200 to $5000.
The Wellcome Trust, Britain's largest medical charity, offered to put $184 million toward DIAMOND, and the French government pledged $56 million up front and up to $13 million a year in operating costs (Science, 6 August 1999, p. 819).
The government will add $15 million to a $171-million-a-year program to pay universities for indirect research costs (Science, 27 October 2000, p. 687) and give $45 million to Genome Canada while it ponders whether to renew a 5-year mandate that expires in 2005 (Science, 10 March 2000, p. 1732).
By calling into question the cost of science with misleading numbers and without the proper context, CNN is turning the public off to science and science education.
The cost of science research programs are similarly expensive and require a multiyear investment.
The cost of science contest participation by Long Island schools is staggering.
In the lawyers' kleptocracy that is modern Britain, the action might have cost the science writer £1m.
"This will also give Hefce time to review the real costs of teaching across the higher education sector, and provide the basis for a more realistic way to meet the high cost of science and engineering subjects at universities".
The program had suffered schedule delays and billions in cost overruns (Science, 2 June, p. 1296), and the Pentagon says the overall changes will help save about $2.4 billion.
