121. Observatory director: Some say that funding the mega telescope will benefit only the astronomers who will work with it. This dangerous point of view, applied to the work of Maxwell, Newton, or Einstein, would have satisfied their research and deprived the world of beneficial applications, such as the development of radio, that followed from that research.

If the statements above are put forward as an argument in favor of development of the mega telescope, which one of the following is the strongest criticism of that argument?

A.It appeals to the authority of experts who cannot have known all the issues involved in construction of the megatelescope.

B.It does not identify those opposed to development of the megatelescope.

C.It launches a personal attack on opponents of the megatelescope by accusing them of having a dangerous point of view.

D.It does not distinguish between the economic and the intellectual senses of “benefit”.

E. It does not show that the proposed mega telescope research is worthy of comparison with that of eminent scientists in its potential for applications.

可否讲讲题干的意思，选项也不明白，请教nn们！

有人认为投钱发展天文望远镜只对天文学家有益处。但是director反驳并举了例子， 例如几个远古大牛的研究，如果他们都像有些人那样形容的话，就不会有延伸产品例如radio的出现了。事实证明他们不会只是满足于理论的研究， 而是进一步用到了实际生活中的用途中。（application)

E：mega scope research 研究后的潜在应用价值可能没办法和那些远古大牛们的研究的应用价值比较，就是说这个research的实际生活用途有限，　所以就support了文中的那些说这个research benefits only the astronomers 的人了。

would have satisfied their research and deprived the world of beneficial applications
这是讲如果这些牛人也只是满足于在他们局限的范围内做基础研究（文中有些人argue的那样），那就不会有那些对人们有益处的延伸产品的出现了。
所以Observatory director 用这些牛人和他们的实验来反驳这些人的论点, 就是说基础的研究成功后是会带动延伸产品的产生的，对人类是有好处的，虽然在初期阶段可能只是对那些专业人士有益（eg:研究经费）。

但是他没有证明mega telescope的研究和那些牛人的研究的价值的可比性，就是说mega telescope的研究有可能不会引带延伸产品的，那就真的只是对天文学家有益而对整个人类没什么贡献了。