The replies I have heard to your comments sound like people in the 1500s saying why go to the new world? its expensive and its a long trip. what good is it to explore?
I wish we had a new fleet of shuttles making frequent trips into space and a new manned lunar exploration program.
Where exactly do you think we are going to explore? And how does this contraption get is there?
Agree 100%. We have a disturbing number of Luddites and ill-educated (on space) people on FR, though. No wonder NASA went down under Obama.