[farmfriend]

These stories always make it seem like they are really close together. I guess they are in the cosmic sense.

[neverdem]

Isn't Alpha Centauri, the closest star, 4.2 million light-years away, IIRC? Methinks GWB should have taken an elective course in basic astronomy instead of proposing another moon mission and making a Mars landing a goal. I can't believe they want to abandon the Hubble telescope.