nawww, Brucie...I didn't take your 'motive' post badly....but it did give me an opening to put my emotional spin on it while I search for all the 'hard' facts. I really DID have a brief period in my life where I was immersed in all that, but it never developed as a career. I wonder if I could have endured dealing with bureaucratic stupidity and human disdain for common sense on a daily basis!

In one sense, it doesn't really matter on a cosmic scale, but we don't LIVE on a cosmic scale. We have this Planet Earth and I don't think NASA is gonna be making Mars available anytime soon.

One addition to my 'motives'...GREED! I am a woodworker who loves beautiful exotic woods, and if rampant illegal logging and deforestation would stop, I could have a better selection at cheaper prices for my tiny needs.