Science is too important not to be a part of popular culture.

Skepticism must go hand in hand with rationality. When theories are shown to be false, the correct thing to do is to move on.

[The 1975 Chase Econometrics] showed that for every one dollar spent on Apollo, 14 came back into the U.S. economy.

Light is the only connection we have with the Universe beyond our solar system, and the only connection our ancestors had with anything beyond Earth. Follow the light and we can journey from the confines of our planet to other worlds that orbit the Sun without ever dreaming of spacecraft. To look up is to look back in time, because the ancient beams of light are messengers from the Universe's distant past.

It would be wonderful if ideas could be the new rock 'n roll

Science is different to all other systems of thought because you dont need faith in it, you can check that it works.

Don't undermine the science just because you don't like the economics. That's a dangerous slope, because the problem of course is you're not undermining just that, you're undermining the basis of rational decision-making in society.