[Hot Tabasco]

I’m all for (unmanned) space exploration, but for $700 million is that all we get?

Well, considering the fabrication costs, the R&D, the cost of fuel for 9 years and the salary to pay the PHD braniacs who run this thing, I think it's money well spent.

Just think how much it would cost if they were union employees (the IBPHD...The International Brotherhood of PHDs)..........LOL!

[oh8eleven]

I think it's money well spent.
C'mon, if all the people involved in this project and all the space projects are so excited about space - let them pay for it themselves.
The Space Shuttle is another good example. For 30 years the shuttles went up and the shuttles came down.
And what do we the taxpayer have to show for it - other than the $190 billion cost? Nada.