Bush's Mars Missions

[dareutwo]

DD- you are correct to an extent.
Yes, it may prove to be more money into some big Republican states.
However, we won't be getting there alone. Also standing to get some green backs; Russia, Japan, China, France - basically ANY country that has even remotely useful technology to add to the mix. (doesn't have to be space related as it stands right now)

I would like to see him spend 1 trillion dollars on feeding the worlds starving, the environment, use of non-carbon based fuels, etc etc etc.....

I would love to blame Bush for the environment etc... but the main decisions that brought us to where we are now were mostly made from 1900-1930's.

Major benefits from Space Exploration so far -
GPS, Cell Phones, Computers, MRI's, Velcro, Tang , fuel cells, just to name a few.

This, and it really won't be a budget basher for at least 5 years, simply moving funds already allocated to NASA Away from the Space Shuttle and into this.

Yeah it's probably an election year ploy, but on the other hand, NASA really has to have something else to aim for besides going around and around in the International Space Station.