Isn't it terrible luck that, with the Spirit Rover starting to explore
Mars, it has to compete against the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire
primary for news coverage? For all I know, JPL is making huge strides
forward, and I'm missing the whole thing, because all the headlines are
about Dean, Gephardt, Kerry and Edwards. I'm as big a fan of presidential
politics as the next guy, but the search for life on Mars is a trillion
times more interesting. Why can't journalists get their priorities
straight?