I don't think NASA has the same credibility as an MIT or Caltech. From their arsenic-based lifeforms [1] to their D-Wave "quantum computer," [2] NASA seems to

I don't think NASA has the same credibility as an MIT or Caltech. From their arsenic-based lifeforms [1] to their D-Wave "quantum computer," [2] NASA seems to work on a lot of fringe science. [1] http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/02dec_monolake/ http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/02... [2] http://www.nas.nasa.gov/quantum/ http://www.nas.nasa.gov/quantum/