I So aggree. (Score 1)

I SO aggree with you. I have worked a good bit of my career in R&D and much of that in NASA or DoD funded Labs. It could be good but somehow it always seems to suck. Bad Managers with short vision worrying about next years budget, heros looking for ego stroking recongnition, and/or beaurocratic stupidities always stifling creative thought. I'm about ready to give it up and go work the 'hole' down at the bus station, at the end of the day I might feel better about myself.