r/raisedbynarcissists
I (14m) visited my father (48m) recently after years of no contact due to him being a narc, and it turns out he only sent for me because he needs someone to pilot a robot.
Very little. The Holy See is (adjusted for inflation) the single biggest funder of astronomical research in history.
As for Galileo, he was found guilty of suspicion of heresy, spent one day in gaol, and the rest of his life living in a palace, and continued to publish heliocentrism around Europe.