On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:39:38 -0500, in a place far, far away,
"Jonathan" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

So, just one week into the new administration, out comes research
showing rather convincingly that a manned mission to Mars is, for the
foreseeable future...a pipe-dream!

Huh. Funny about that!

Of course, the entire premise of the 'Vision' revolved around a manned
mission to Mars.

No, it didn't.