Red, Vacant, and Rocky...

So, I don't claim to be a super genius (well I actually do...) but I started to get curious about who funds NASA. The reason I am curious is because I would like to know what moron's have billions of dollars to flush down the toilet, or jettison to space as the case may be.

They really sent another stupid robot to Mars??? Really? Again? Good grief. For what I ask. I can tell them what it looks like for a great deal less than billions of dollars. Flat, red, and rocky. I could probably take some pictures of the local GA red clay and convince them it was the stupid planet.

Can you tell the difference??

I am all about advancement and what-not but this has gotten ridiculous. Did you know that we (as in the collective American "we") pay for this exploration? This article: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/14/bush.space/index.html states that as of 2004, NASA had an 86 BILLION dollar budget.

However, this current mission only has a mere $420 million budget (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/science/26mars.html?em&ex=1211860800&en=018febdf02cea7f0&ei=5087%0A) is that all? Geez...I'm not sure what I am complaining for then...bad economy, rising gas prices, housing crash, health care issues...shame on me.

So I guess it's screw you Americans with no health care...our government would rather explore vacant planets over and over again. So, those of you un-insured sick people out there should help the advancement of inane space photography and just check out. I think I would actually feel better if they took the taxes I paid and just tossed the money out the White House window.

At least I discovered who the morons are...