Leaked White Paper Condemns NASA Life Sciences

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday October 22, 2003 @05:31PM from the time-for-tree-surgeon dept.

WayneConrad writes "SpaceRef has a summary of a leaked Johnson Space Center white paper (pdf) that severely criticizes NASA's Life Science program. According to the paper, science is being done without proper controls, with too-small sample groups, and is often not relevant to the ISS's stated bioscience mission (to develop countermeasures against the deleterious effects of microgravity). The paper states,'NASA's founding fathers would turn in their proverbial graves at the sight of such a convoluted organization' and 'Voodoo science is not worth the cost. The limb of the fault tree Life Sciences is perched upon is perilously close to breaking.'"

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FP by Jamal+von+Bismarck · 2003-10-22 17:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Bow down, biatch !
LOL by schnits0r · 2003-10-22 18:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I misread the title to read, Leaken white paper condoms. Damn I need to get laid. lol

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o/t by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-22 19:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I know this is completely offtopic, but I don't know where else to ask:
how ofen are you guys given mod points? I have good karma, and the last time I moderated was like 3 months back, is this normal?