"Sure, but what's wrong with exploring space? There's a lot of cool
stuff out there. Yeah, it's mixed up with a lot of other crap, but can't we strip away the crap and just enjoy the sublimity & the learning?"
Well, sure. Space is wonderful. But in this context, Bush is not proposing this plan because space its wonderful...it's spin...it's more $$ to cronies for exploration defined by and aimed at the exploitation of whatever resources are found and reinforces the GOD GIVEN PLAN THAT WE CAN GO ANYWHERE AND DO ANY GODDAMN THING WE LIKE. It also thumbs its nose at prioritizing such expenses -- keeping in mind the continued destruction of the earth, the poverty, blah, blah. Doug, you know all this.....whasssup?