O.K., here's my take. I'm as facinated as the next guy with the heavens. As a matter of fact I have been moon and stargazing this evening. The rising full moon is brilliant and the stars and planets are more beautiful this time of year than any other time. Back in college I would take my girlfriend (now my wife) on dates up on the roof of the science building to look through the large reflector telescope at the wonders of the universe.

I heard on the radio the other day that a deep space probe (Cassini?) had discovered a new moon around Jupiter (maybe Saturn) and that it had detected liquid water 150 feet below the surface. My first thought was "We need to bring that damn thing back to earth orbit and have it look for Osama or oil or Atlantis!" Jeez man, give us news we can use!!

I'm all for the technology that space exploration brings to us, but right now I'd rather see a closeup of the abandoned moon rover from the 1969 Apollo landing than a closeup of a ring around Uranus!