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Originally posted by extrasense:
A pretty good example of the applied science is Mars Exploration Rover design /as opposed to the planetery science part, which is a disaster./

The Japanese humanoid robots are impressive too.

These are the successes, while the good reaserch in progress is not easily visible until the fruition. So the way to help it to succeed, is to be vigilant in weeding out the pseudo science.
So mechanical and electrical engineering is good science, but basic research isn't good science? Where do you think engineers pick up the basic information necessary to conduct their work?

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