[Rebel_Ace]

All of the "Mars NOW!" types really crack me up. This is the analogy I use to put them into perspective:

At great risk to life and limb, people from Europe made it to North America. Now, after landing on the beach of a 'new' continent, was their very first thought, "Hey, let's try for Australia?"

No, of course not. To go anywhere in space, we need a staging area.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

This is their fear. The Moon will offer up so much opportunity their projects will have to wait. They're between a rock and a hard place because they will not succeed until we return to stay on the Moon.