On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 05:30:33 GMT, "Robert J. Kolker"
wrote:

That's a buck forty or so per lander, per person in the United States.
It's not extraordinarily cheap, but we've seen what NASA does with cheap,
and sorry, no thank you.

You neglect to say the buck forty was taken whether or not the person
gave a damn about landing on Mars. Unless this is somehow related to our
national defense or keeping order in our land, I would say this is flat
out theft.

I, for one, am not happy with how they're mis-spending my money in pursuit of
national defense nor domestic order, but I can't do any more about it than you
can do about the Mars missions. At least you could, if you choose, enjoy the
exploration, which is more than I can do with the fascism.