Dr. Asimov, 65, is a severe critic of Star Wars. "I'm
against it, not because I'm a science-fiction writer, and
therefore have special knowledge, but because I like to think I'm
a sane human being."
He believes Star Wars is a dangerous waste of money.
"They're talking about spending $33 billion on research related
to Star Wars. We're going to withdraw money from needed aspects
of developing knowledge in order to set up something that
probably won't work and even if it does work, won't do us any
good."