[Paul Ross]

Why are all these big budget physicists curmudgeons?

[Paul Ross]

Ping

[wideawake]

Well, the Pampers Lady definitely made me wonder if we should reevaluate.

[RightWhale]

"an orbital turkey... No important science has come out of it. I could almost say no science has come out of it".

Of course not. The ISS staff was reduced to maintenance only and the science modules are due to be launched soon. The remark is premature. Anyway, the ISS is not an orbital turkey. It's an Orbiting White Elephant.

[Greg F]

Physicists. They think they are so smart that they know everything about everything. I think they just know a lot about physics.

[JimSEA]

"NASA's budget is increasing," said Weinberg grimly, "with the increase being driven by what I see on the part of the president and the administrators of NASA as an infantile fixation on putting people into space, which has little or no scientific value".

Agenda driven -- "We need what I want and not Bush's evil plans." Nowdays, anytime your don't like something link it to Bush. Who is infantile?

[Petronski]

Weinberg had especially harsh words for the International Space Station (ISS), saying that it was "an orbital turkey... No important science has come out of it. I could almost say no science has come out of it".

Turned him down for a visit, eh?

[SunkenCiv]

Nobel-winning boffin

Wow, they give Nobels for being a boffin?

[SunkenCiv]

"NASA's budget is increasing," said Weinberg grimly, "with the increase being driven by what I see on the part of the president and the administrators of NASA as an infantile fixation on putting people into space, which has little or no scientific value".

...adding, "the president, and all conservatives and Republicans, are cognitively closed, according to a scientific study from Berkeley, and we can't afford to allow them to roam around free."

[anymouse]

More pork for me, no pork for thee.

[LibWhacker]

"Human beings don't serve any useful function in space," he said. "They radiate heat, they're very expensive to keep alive, and unlike robotic missions they have a natural desire to come back, so that anything involving human beings is enormously expensive."

So are manned nuclear subs but they're still necessary for our survival. If he thinks we're going into space only for the sake of science, he couldn't be more mistaken.

Still, his SSC should've been built and support for basic research should be increased tenfold at least, imo, especially as it concerns national defense. We're falling behind and it's going to come back to bite us there if we're not careful.

[LibWhacker]

Shuttle launch seen from the ISS.

[wastedyears]

This guy sounds like a turd, and just might be jealous he can’t go up in space. If he had his chance, there might be one or two “small errors.”