Department of the Interior is pretty bad, too. They have “scientists” who are completely corrupt and will designate any little critter an endangered species. Out here they swear a common field mouse is “Preble’s Mouse” and is endangered. How do you tell a Preble’s from a field mouse? Preble’s lives on prime development land.
about 30-40 years ago, real scientists did not do government work. Those who worked for the government were considered rejects from academia and unqualified for the real world.
NASA had its best work results from outsourced production.