Do we? From the devnotes they take up a lot of time and resources which could be spent elsewhere, like in the game where more people would benefit from them. I find the videos quite disposable: why would you watch a 0.22 video now? EDIT: a reply before I even manage to set up the poll... Wow!
Supplies-wise, it really isn't a big deal. They can return to Earth in 6 hours, so if there was a global ban on rocket launches, they'd probably do science until they ran out of experiments or food then return.
Pretty sure he did hire an expert. I'd be surprised if any major film didn't hire specialists in the field being shown on screen. Imagine a war movie with no historians involved to point out that they didn't have plastic bags in 1940 or whatever.
"shines new light on black holes" does that new light come out? Had to make that joke... I've seen a few ads on buses here so I'm assuming it's a pretty major film.
Yeah, personally I don't know what Squad were thinking when they made the science system. It's a really basic placeholder. Right click, do science, here's a message you've seen loads of times before, read that before we add a real science system.
I think they should redo the whole tech tree. Seriously. There is no explanation for wheels being as advanced as NERVAs but waaaaay beyong liquid engines except THEYRE KERBALS THEY DONT USE LOGIC