[wooster]

No.

NASA has started using these press conferences for what would be considered minor discoveries by most astronomy departments worldwide. They're doing this because they're afraid of losing funding and relevance, and think that by hyping their discoveries they can postpone the inevitable attrition of their funding and projects.

Look back at their recent press conferences. It's like the boy who cried 'wolf'. When you embargo the announcement of extremely minor scientific advancements and make a big deal out of them, you contribute to the abrogation of scientific discoveries which actually matter. NASA is becoming toxic to scientific advancement and federal funding of scientific programs.

[n-named]

Thank you. Glad I posted this because of your comment.