On 16 Dec 2003 01:51:43 GMT, in a place far, far away,
pamsuX (Allen Meece) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

PDE research has been getting small study grants for nearly 50 years. Why
would you expect a breakthrough now?
Because, thirty years after Apollo, I am experiencing boredom and impatience
with the lack of CATS which a simple high performance chemical engine would
relieve.

Nonsense. You have no idea of why space is expensive if you believe
that.