Spaw, excellent thread. Your posting should be published!

I can't stand the thought of humankind staring in on the trashing of another planet. We cannot get it together enough to take care of the one we live on, why should we then be able to go ruin another? Granted it may take a long time before we could actually live there, but tourists leave a lot of trash, too.:-)

The shrub is grandstanding, trying to deflect from his hosue of cards falling down around his batwing ears (sorry Bat Goddess:-). It's just mroe fo his smarmy, spoiled little brat posturing AND you can be sure his cronies head the companies which will benefit the most from contract to build whatever we need to get us there.

I'd love to feel that thrill and wonder, again and I believe we might, but not with him as a so-called leader. We need a hero as noted above,like the LOTR, Luke Skywalker, etc.!

kat