Not once in that article did they mention nanotechnology or molecular engineering (in its many forms).  Nor did it mention simulation and analysis of complex systems (such as the new theory of Maximum Entropy Production).  Or the windfall of discovery that will come with cheap sequencing technologies.  Or the fascinating questions of the nature and mechanisms of cognition and intelligence.  

Admittedly the basic premise of simply running out of fundamental questions to ask (and the secondary premise of running out of ideas/hitting fundamental human limits of cognition) is a valid and troubling one.  But I don't think we're there yet by a long shot, and even if we should exhaust the fundamentals there are still the near-infinite manifestations of detail-oriented sciences like biology.  Their are big changes ahead for science and human society.  

I definitely don't think that the oil crunch will slow us down much or that the space program has already peaked.