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The "Geologic Problems of Mars" would be "Solved" in MINUTES by a Human Explorer.

But we STILL "Haven't the GUTS" to "Do What's Right!!"

For a "Fraction More" than the cost of the Robots--we could send "Live Human Explorers," & get MASSIVELY MORE information than our "Pissant 'Explorers' could Retrieve in Decades!!"

We are WAY BEYOND "Robotic Explorers" on the Moon & Mars!!

Either we "Go Out," or we become an "Ever-Perpetuating Welfare State!" 22

Here's yet another space launch coming up quickly; maybe it needs its own thread, but it isn't NASA:

http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v158/status.html

Follow the preparations and launch of the Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket carrying the European Space Agency's Rosetta comet explorer. Reload this page for the very latest on the mission.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2004

Europe's vaunted $1 billion Rosetta comet explorer is poised to set off on its decade-long journey early Thursday morning from the same South American launch site that hosted the start of the continent's first deep space mission 19 years ago.