[RightWhale]

If there is life it will be found. No need to base $15 billion a year expenditure on this. Total waste of direction.

[Constantine XIII]

See, now you can be a stick in the mud about space travel when we get to Mars, too! ^_^

(Just kidding around!)

[BlazingArizona]

No need to base $15 billion a year expenditure on this. Total waste of direction.

Not if Branson runs the program and the money comes from Chinese investors, it isn't.