You know, I really agree with this. I have been saying lately that they are "water happy". This data seems very thin to me, and you could cut the politics with a knife.
I liked NASA circa Von Braun. They had a plan, went to the moon etc. The technology to go much further just is not there. The space station while incredible engineering is an expensive waste. We cannot give endless benefits to illegals, fight two wars, build space stations, provide endless mandated welfare programs to everyone plus tens of billions in foreign aid and stay solvent.
Whenever it is budget time they start talking about water on Mars or the moon. Even if there is so what. The moon can never have an atmosphere and so what if we could put a base on the moon. Water on Mars has more potential but it is too far away for now.
Maybe would create a better atmosphere on Mars if there was water but we will all be dead by then. The country may be broke next year. Obama wants to turn America into Zimbabwe and Somalia.