He doesn't have the science knowledge that Gaser and Orph both have. Those two were our two top science junkies and the most knowlege of the subjects to make sure requests were possible. Without Gaser, we need Orph. Otherwise, look at what would get approved? Like Taylor's Anti-tech, I wanted to say the same as Orph did in that tech, but didn't know how to explain it, whereas Orph, and Gaser (If he was here) could explain it easily.