Me, too. I just read that an unmanned launch and test of the Orion capsule is supposed to take place on Thursday. A manned mission to Mars is tentatively scheduled for sometime in the 2030's. If we can't get around to it by then, maybe the EU or China will go for it instead. We may yet live to see a man walk on Mars!
Check out the Webb Space Telescope, set for a 2018 launch. It will be 100x as powerful as Hubble and parked way out at the “L2” point. We may get our minds blown by what it finds.