[from occupied ga]

The Italians said pretty much the same thing when that nutball Christopher Columbus proposed his western passage to India.

Another horse sh!t analogy. It didn't cost the 1492 equivalent of $200,000,000 to get 40 kilos to India, but here's your chance to prove you're right. Take all of your assets and pool them with other like minded people, go there yourself and, see how much money you make.

[RightWhale]

Zubrin said, in an unusually visionary moment, that a manned Mars expedition could actually win the war on terrorists for us. That would be worth something.

[jpl]

If I were rich to the point where money was no object, I would gladly invest in such a project. Like most people, I'm not rich, so I can't afford to.

As far as taxes go, everybody can think of something that the government spends money on that they consider wasteful. I believe all the money NASA is pouring into researching the theory of anthropogenic global warming is a colossal waste of time and money that would better be spent elsewhere, but alas, the government disagrees with me. Our job is to vote for the people who reflect our priorities.

[kjam22]

It didn't cost the 1492 equivalent of $200,000,000 to get 40 kilos to India, <>p> This is exactly right. There are no foreseeable economics in mining the moon or mars.