[from occupied ga]

with a voluntary send-a-man-to-Mars fund

Works for me.

[HiTech RedNeck]

One could, in some tenuous way, tie it to the national defense. The undertaking to get a man to Mars could well help us prepare to wage some future Star Wars scenario when we don't have any choice BUT to be able to wage Star Wars (with live combatants) because our enemies are threatening us in that arena. Imagine Saddam Hussein as a Klingon.