[no-to-illegals]

you are correct. There are many challenges to overcome. Once mankind shies away from a challenge, mankind ceases being productive. To learn one must be productive and be there. Our leadership in D.C. has forgotten about productivity and instead is relying on robots to explore. Heck, D.C. probably would be happier if there were only robots, no humans. Though sometimes robots revolt also, or so a movie once said. Thinking of the Terminator series makes me smile.

[ETL]

Heck, D.C. probably would be happier if there were only robots, no humans.

The Obumanists in DC are deliberately falling back on various NASA projects because they're trying to help our enemies in Russia and China catch up or surpass us. There are lots of military implications involved in these projects. Obama is the Saboteur-in-Chief on national defense.