Javier, that is awesome. And tien, I was trying to figure out the same thing. "Programs that can affect society more immediately or some moon plan that will take $12 billion to even draw up the plans?"

I think we should send Bush to the moon immediately.

wait, how does this work? increase spending, decrease taxes, increase deficit...hmm. that's some fuzzy math that doesn't seem to add up to me.

They did the moon already.

1969.

Y'all gotta check out

Bush Lightyear

!!!

I need a V-8!

to karate:

No, silly. He's Frances Ford Cokula's nephew.

Space is the place. Sun Ra knew it. So do you.

If the billions don't go to this particular space program, it's just going to turn into pork at the hands of a few senior members of the Senate appropriations committee. A few pet projects can really eat up a budget. This way, at least the city of Pasadena will be safe from a recession for a while.

But seriously, if all you Wes Clark clones want to stay on planet earth and watch your old VHS copies of Apollo 13 and The Right Stuff, and feel content with the space program's golden years, I guess I feel sorry for your non-space exploration asses.

Shouldn't you get crackin' on those petitions to bring down the Hubble telescope? What are you waiting for?

Nicolas Cafe? Is he French?

You can't look at the number itself, you have to look at as a ratio. This is exactly how idiots like Dean say that Bush has cost America more jobs than any other President, when the truth is that as a % of our workforce, it's actually one of the lower percentages, and it's getting better.

The revised space program totals increases of less than 1% to the federal budget - it's peanuts.

Re the photo: Guess which one shows signs of intelligent life?

2020...no problem...that should be just about the same time i'll be paying 90% payroll taxes to supplement the social security i'll never see, which will ultimately go to finance baby boomers titanium hip replacements (most likely the parents of the first colonists)...throw in a trip to mars and the moon as well...sure...what a mental midget..

2020...no problem...that should be just about the same time i'll be paying 90% payroll taxes to supplement the social security i'll never see, which ultimately will go to finance baby boomers titanium hip replacements (most likely the parents of the first colonists)...throw in a trip to mars and the moon as well...sure...what mental midget..

Looks like another big blank check being written to the military industrial complex. YEAA HAAA.

God I can't wait until Howard Dean or Wes Clark get to debate this Asshat.