[cripplecreek]

If it has no military application, politicians are woefully lacking in the imagination and romantic proclivity required that might have have brought us closer to the exceedingly ambitious goals we've allowed ourselves to be deluded by.

That can be changed. I personally would require NASA to work on a fair percentage of military projects which would bring funding. However I would require NASA to get back to pathfinding and prospecting with encouragement for the private sector to take part.

[cripplecreek]

And then there's Enceledus.