what you are referring to are the top 1% of researchers in their fields from whom you constantly hear about. the other 99% which account for the majority of gra

what you are referring to are the top 1% of researchers in their fields from whom you constantly hear about. the other 99% which account for the majority of grant money just keeps peddling nonsense for a living just so you can hear about their brand new idea of a dark cosmic gluon that could be produced by a yet unforeseen backreaction 10^18 ms after the big bang. give me a break. not that it's entirely their fault, given that it's either that or they'll be shunned by their "scientific" peers. I'm all for space exploration and pushing the boundaries of humanity. which is why I'm rooting for companies like Space X or Virgin Galactic, not a relic of the cold war that keeps sending over-funded space junks in orbit so a bunch of cowboys can study how the respiratory cycle of frogs are affected in zero g.