http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/02/control_high_powered_tele.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890

You can buy time on high powered telescopes, from your computer.

I wonder if this could pay for new cool scientific intrumentation this way. Buy some dark land, install a high powered automated telescope, and then pay for it by renting remote access out to the public at large...