John McCain just told a reporter in a town meeting in Florida that he hopes we will send a man to Mars. My first thought was, is he trying to be Kennedy? That thought was almost immediately eclipsed by, "How the hell are we going to pay for that in this economy?" Oh, wait. Some estimates put the cost of a manned mission to Mars at 11 billion dollars. We're spending 2 billion dollars a week in Iraq. If we got out of there, Mr. McCain, we could fund your intriguing space trip in 5 and a half weeks. Hmmmm.....
