(IMHO) The ISS is a huge waste of time. Yeah, it's the first of it's
kind and it was cool for a while, but if you think about it, what the
hell are we going to do with it? Super, we have a lab in zero-g. We
would be much better off going to Mars right now. Screw the moon, the
only plus about colonizing on the moon is that it is close to us. Mars
has far more minerals, an atmosphere (for what it's worth), and water
to some extent. Waiting until 2010 is a waste of time, and billions of
dollars spent on the ISS every flight is a waste of money as well.

I dunno, I guess we might need to rely on private enterprises to get us
to where we really need to be going. I'm rooting for the Space Elevator.