[Lokibob]

Excellent debating method, ask questions that, of course have no quantifiable answers.

The Presidents proposal isn't that expensive, when you look at the details.

It involves a $1 billion increase in NASA's budget, prorated over 10 years. That comes to $100 million per year. To you and I, that is a lot of money, to the gov't, a very small portion of the budget. The Presidents propsal is more a re-direction of the present assets and budget.

[SpaceBar]

Thank you. You are the first person in this thread to actually quote numbers. You are heads above those who have portrayed me as "anti-progress" or simply suggest that we must do it because it's there. A billion over ten years doesn't seem so bad. A drop in the bucket really.