Re:WTF? (Score 1)

If only it were that simple a choice. Obama has specifically spoken about delaying the Constellation program. If you're unaware, this is the successor to the aging Shuttle fleet, and the result of an additional 5 year postponement, to a project 5 years behind schedule, will be the end of manned space flight by the U.S. for a decade (or longer). This is about a lot more than going to Mars! History may well record this as the pivotal moment where America began its downward slide from world power to mediocrity. It must be humorous to be a Russian watching this with the realization the mighty U.S.A., which gloated during the fall of the U.S.S.R., will soon be incapable of reaching the ISS without buying a slot on one of their rockets.