[Hoot Gibson]

It was exciting.
So many people have problems with spending money on space exploration and quite frankly, even as a conservative republican i have no problem with it.
Its amazing what all could be out there and those are some of the brightest men and women in the country sitting in one room making it all happen.

:Thumbs: We should be spending much more money on space exploration. The 10 year program that JFK launched to send men to the moon was the best investment in education that this country ever made at the federal level and it inspired thousands of bright American students to pursue excellence in science and engineering. Watching the Curiosity project team celebrate what is hopefully the beginning of the very successful end of a project that has been years in the making should make every American proud.

The very long term survival of the human species depends on our ability to colonize other planets and other star systems. We have the technology to land men and women on Mars and that project should be much further along and much better funded than it is. It is a shame that we do not already have a permanently manned outpost on the moon.