Subcommittee Stops Human Mars Mission Spending

An anonymous reader writes "Last week's House Appropriations Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice, and Science FY08 budget markup would prevent work on programs devoted to human missions to Mars. According to a House Appropriations Committee press release, the markup language states that NASA cannot pursue "development or demonstration activity related exclusively to Human Exploration of Mars. NASA has too much on its plate already, and the President is welcome to include adequate funding for the Human Mars Initiative in a budget amendment or subsequent year funding requests." The Mars Society is already leading an effort to get the language removed."

Comments

Re:Bout time

[TheMeuge]

Yeah, I know... what kind of an idiot would even think about getting to the moon. If God wanted humans to fly, he'd have given us wings. If God wanted humans to fly in space, he'd have given us rockets.

Oh, wait, we're talking about Mars?

Re:It's pretty simple, really...

[elrous0]

And many who want to go to space are little more than Star Trek dreamers, who haven't come to the harsh realization that:

A) The solar system, outside of earth, is comprised of uninhabitable sterile rocks

B) The vastness of space and unlikeliness of life effectively means we're all alone.

In essence, we're stuck on this rock we call earth. So how about, instead of wasting all this money so a bunch of scifi dreamers can get their jollies, we spend our money and effort trying to make earth a better place instead?