"If NASA was spending its money on research and science instead of third-rate P.R. (a.k.a "return to the Moon"), I'd feel a lot more sympathetic."
I work at NASA (contractor). We aren't doing PR. We're designing more efficient means of space exploration. Oh, BTW, in the process, we're developing technology that is being utilized by the private sector.
I've been working on this project for the past couple of years.
http://news.space-explorers.com/display.asp?v=04&i=20&a=1
So where the heck are the Orion drives and the Sea Dragon rockets? Which management idiot cancelled those ideas?