This large percentage of Finnish Lutherans pay between 1.5 and 2.5 percent of their salaries in taxes to the church, but the church is claiming a severe shortage of money that will prevent the ordaining of a hundred new priests and will force the closing of some churches this year. It is doubtful whether the more than four million Lutherans in Finland will come to the rescue of the church.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration) के एक दस - वर्षीय कार्यक्रम में, खगोल वैज्ञानिक अन्य ग्रहों पर बसे बुद्धिमान प्राणियों से रेडियो प्रसारण पाने की कोशिश में १० करोड़ डॉलर ख़र्च करने की योजना बना रहे हैं ।