On To Mars!

But not us.

The Europeans and the Russians are getting together for a joint effort for further missions to Mars.

Maybe Houston and Kennedy can bid for a piece of the action so they can feel involved.

But don't count on it. Obama and his ilk have zero interest in space exploration and will not even take note when NASA is reduced to little more than a footnote in history. But the Russians and their cohorts in the environmental movement will... For them, it will be party time.

Want to know why the insulating foam keeps falling off the big shuttle tank?

Really want to know?

It's because the tree huggers claimed the original glue holding the insulation on the tank was environmentally unfriendly and demanded a adhesive that Mother Nature and Gaia approved of be developed and used.

So a more "earth friendly" adhesive was developed. Problem is, it doesn't work very well, and it cost us a shuttle and its entire crew.

As a result, the space shuttle program was mortally wounded... By a damned glue. From day one, these tree huggers have provided roadblocks to everything NASA has attempted. A bit of sex and a sprinkling of money to our dedicated Congress folk got them all the laws they needed to force compliance.

The glue for the insulation is one of their "victories".

You can bet your last federal dollar (coming soon) that the Russians don't give a damn about how a few gallons of glue might possibly affect a rain forest 10,000 miles away in Brazil.