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Me am sad that people are being cynical about future moon & Mars missions because Bush is vocally backing them, and therefore something stinks.

Of course by "people" I mean Jon Stewart of The Daily Show, and I dunno how effective a barometer he is, but one could make the argument.

Another reason not to like Bush, though for bizarro reasons.

Speaking of Bizarro, to people who bring out the "Why are we spending money on outer space when it could better go to solving problems here on earth?" I say:

Your notion of national finances as a zero-sum game is inaccurate, and
You are acting exactly like the villain from that one episode of Super-Friends and you know I could never support you if you keep up that sort of thing.

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I've seen a few other opinion polls about missions to mars and they seem to agree that the majority of people aren't supports of this idea and felt the money could be better spent elsewhere. The same, however, was true with opinion polls back in the 60's about going to the Moon.

I actually support the idea of a manned mission to Mars however I don't like the idea of a moon base being used as a 'stepping stone' for it. We don't need a moon base or space platform for a Mars mission -- it's actually physically inefficient to do so. It sounds like they're still bumbling around with basic fundamentals of 'how are we going to get there' when that question has already been well thought out.

I remember that episode of Super-Friends... I thought that villan was a short-sighted jerk and deserved a super-wedgie.