re: Professor Weinberg on space, science...
Lol, he could've been quoting me, on my many diatribes on this issue over the years. I've specifically stated I thought the only mission that made the slightest sense was the human gravity science, and that the cancelation of the centrifuge, took the ISS from almost total nonsense to total nonsense.
This stuff is so obvious to anyone able to make the simplest of tradeoffs, it is a tribute to our political system and its sound bite method of funding things ( and the ignorance of our public officials).