Quote Originally Posted by MrSplitshot View Post
The "Big Discovery" on Mars was that they discovered nothing. Rocks, Dirt, and nary a cricket to chirp...no organic material.

Unless they can drill for some oil up there or can find some lost episodes of Bonanza on VHS, I maintain that billions have been spent for "purty pictures" of Mars that could have been spent elsewhere...like rebuilding some of America's aging and dilapidated infrastructure.
I've seen similar comments along these lines that much of the space exploration stuff is a waste of time/money/resources. Disagree. There have been a number of advances in GPS, satelite imagery, cell phone communication and a host of other areas that have tangible application here on earth. Neglect of this type of research is, in my opinion, short-sighted.

Andrew