[Brilliant]

Instead of wasting our money trying to find out if there is life on Mars, we should be trying to map its resources.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Unfortunately this water thing has everything to do with "the search for life." If ever there was a non-mission. Saganism lives.

If some other life is out there we'll eventually come across it. But making it your mission is crazy! What President Bush has proposed is to get back to the basics and learn how to use the Moon to build a capability and do it within a budget. His initiative sees resources (which includes lunar ice) as things to exploit. It's so clear and direct, it's simplicity is hard for many to grasp.

[null and void]

Instead of wasting our money trying to find out if there is life on Mars, we should be trying to map its resources.

Yeah. Maybe they have awl...