[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Pay dirt?

Yup...

we pay for pictures of dirt.

At least on the moon we got some crud back @ $1billion a pound.

Typical liberal cost basis for most bureaucracies.

[Normal4me]

What did you expect to see?! A bustling city of Martians? We went there looking for evidence of water and life forms.

By the way, is Pratt and Whitney still based out of Connecticut? Perhaps you should go picket in front of their headquarters in Hartford.

[LibWhacker]

At least on the moon we got some crud back @ $1billion a pound.

Yeah, but it's priceless crud.