"...now that we know that Mars consists of rocks and dirt, but probably had salty oceans about 2 or 3 billion years ago, so what. It's too far away to economically strip mine it, likewise too far away for a cost effective nuclear waste dump."
I'm glad Lewis and Clark, or Columbus, or Cousteau didn't have your attitude.
Columbus was privately funded, and so was Costeau for the most part.
I'm sure you remember the story that the king wouldn't give Columbus any mosey from the public treasury so queen Isabella had to hock her private jewels to pay him.
61 posted on 03/30/2004 4:06:03 AM PST by from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy, and Bush is no conservative)