Even if Skylon's tests are not wholly successful, the lessons from past development tell us that nothing is wasted - new knowledge will find applications.
In keeping with the prudent traditions of Highland life, nothing is wasted from the hides used to produce the bags to the meat, which goes into the food chain.
We also shared an interest in the "cradle-to-cradle" concept developed by Bill McDonough and Michael Braungart that proposes a way in which we can shift from a linear way of using resources to one that keeps all resources in closed cycles so nothing is wasted and no pollution is emitted.
Wasted in the sense that arms spending does nothing to boost the standard of living in the purchasing country and less than might be imagined in the selling nation.
Obama had absolutely nothing to do with the causes of the financial meltdown, but he wasted two precious years being misled by Summers and Geithner as to how to respond to it.