I had to link to this Atrios post about Bush's Moon/Mars plan. It comes to a similar conclusion that I came to last month. I don't point this out for prententious reasons (okay, maybe a little). I point it out because it shows that this idea of NASA being used not for reasearch but for financial gain for backers is most likely true. Whether my theory that NASA will become a branch of the military -- or that it already is -- remains to be seen.

By the way, there's this AP article titled "Moon, Mars Proposal Stirs Mixed Reaction." And yet, I found the article on Google News, where the title was listed as "Moon, Mars Proposals Stir Excitement." Is Roger Ailes running the Google News search now?