'A little PC crept in': 'Rocket Boys' author Homer Hickam annoyed by politicization in 'Cosmos'

Like a lot of people, “Rocket Boys” author and former NASA engineer Homer Hickam tuned into last night’s premiere of “Cosmos,” a reboot of Carl Sagan’s 13-part science series. Unfortunately, he wound up being disappointed. The show’s rather inauspicious beginning probably didn’t help:

https://twitter.com/COSMOSonTV/statuses/442376776778399744

Bleh. We definitely could’ve done without an appearance from The One:

https://twitter.com/HomerHickam/status/442380192997076992

If only.

Things didn’t really improve for Hickam as the show went on:

https://twitter.com/HomerHickam/status/443027807342297088

https://twitter.com/HomerHickam/status/443028208602996736

https://twitter.com/HomerHickam/status/443029944621596672

But it wasn’t just Carl Sagan’s absence that felt wrong to Hickam. It was also the not-so-subtle politics that seeped into the show:

https://twitter.com/HomerHickam/status/443028739127914496

https://twitter.com/HomerHickam/status/443032852997742594

https://twitter.com/HomerHickam/status/443039675792359425

Evidently it’s too much to ask for a science series to focus on, you know, science.

@HomerHickam I think you are looking pretty hard for things not to like about Cosmos…

— Glenn Berry (@GlennAlanBerry) March 10, 2014

https://twitter.com/HomerHickam/status/443035127271415808

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Update:

More from Hickam:

https://twitter.com/HomerHickam/status/443075406829068288