The reason for that second objective is also the reason for thinking 2011 might, in the history books of the future, be seen as the year when the space cadets' dream finally died.
When the Rabbi reminds his would-be student that the man with the clean face will objectively see a dirty face and therefore wash, he is reminding the young man of the importance of modern objectivethinking.
The main objective of this programme is to build capacity in the field of science education and develop of scientific thinking and experimentation among primary and secondary students as well as academics.
Incredibly, the fact that this might still be an "important" objective of the old Soviet military-industrial apparatus is as absent from thethinking of senior Clinton Administration policy-makers as it was from their predecessors' during the Bush-Gorbachev years.