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"Now flame away you liberals"

That line is really rich. I prefer not to be a bedrock conservative nor a bleeding heart liberal. I stand in the middle. Space exploration is ok by me. Money problems? Wel when you have despots in the middle east papering their walls with money it's kind of hard to stomach fiscal conservatism over exploration. Perhaps we should strike a deal with the powers that be. They agree to an orderly plan to phase out of the primary uses of oil in the next 20 years and in exchange we will spend a little of the oil dividend on furthering mankind's dominion.

Staunch religious types do not like folks thinking beyond ttheir nose, but the universe is too large a tract of property to ignore, eh?

This space rover should be converted to a "cam" once it's work is done and a television station should be devoted to this cam 24/7. People can sit there and stare at the screed and feel their spirits soar just by "imagining".