Just wow. Wait for what? There will never be a time that all the troubles on earth will be taken care of so then we can invest in space.
The nation that rules space, rules the planet.
We should be going all-out to remain firmly in the lead in space technology and space exploration.
Trump fixing all the potholes while China and Russia claim the moon their own ... er, "put another man on a dead planet."
Yet another reason to be very leery of Trump.
I said private industry needs to bring forth space exploration not govt. I also said that until somebody comes up with a propulsion system superior to duct taping an M80 to a tin can space exploration is not feasible.
So do you think we just have the USS Enterprise with Scotty manning the engine room ready to go to Mars? Aye kin give ye no more an Warp 5 Captain. :-)