Debunking the Trillion-Dollar Space Myth (Score 2, Insightful)

Whatever cost they are projecting it will be too much because they are sending humans. There isnt any reason to send humans other than politics as we could send a hundred robotic machines for the same price and get more science done. If we really need to send humans they should be sent with the understanding that they arent coming back. No not your ex's, but volunteers who would camp until they run out of supplies and then go to "sleep".