NY Times : Leap to Nowhere

One Giant Leap to Nowhere from NY Times.

Indeed, we should've been pursuing the Mars project for much longer. Now though, there is renewed interest. Moreover with China most certainly on the way to put a man, nay a Chinese man, on the moon, NASA might awake again. Hell, even India has the Chandrayaan project.

I couldn't care less who gets to Mars or beyond first, eventually we all need to get out of here. The fact that there is competition is the only way militaries can be convinced to spend; without military support (financial and political), any space exploration projects won't take off (pardon the pun).