re: #601 Cato the Elder

Hmm.

The initial spurt of new funding will be used to begin work on what a “crew exploration vehicle,” which O’Keefe said will “look totally different” from the space shuttle. It will be developed and tested by 2008 and will conduct its first manned mission no later than 2014. Lunar missions will begin between 2015 and 2020.

That tricksy Obama! He torpedoed the project’s progress even before the election!

Man on moon? Been there, done that. Man on Mars? Let’s do that while the earth heats up. It’ll make us all feel better as we swelter.

“Worlds beyond” - show me the dilithium crystals.

Silly, and not very progressive so to speak. Do you really think we are at a point where exploration is pointless? Seems a bit parochial for a smart guy like you.