Gatekeep progress? Dude, it's cosmology research. What kind of progress are they keeping from whom?
As for shipping the bare minimum, academia has too many smart people competing with each other over too little money. I'd hazard a guess that the "bare minimum" as represented by this paper is considerably higher per dollar than the bar set by someone who uses the word "shipping" to describe publishing.
As for shipping the bare minimum, academia has too many smart people competing with each other over too little money. I'd hazard a guess that the "bare minimum" as represented by this paper is considerably higher per dollar than the bar set by someone who uses the word "shipping" to describe publishing.