Um, I think exploring space is really cool and everything, but with the federal government hemmoraging money in the wake of Katrina, is this the right time for NASA to unveil a new $104 billion joyride to the moon and Mars?!  From this morning's Washington Post:

"NASA Unveils $104 Billion Plan To Return to the Moon by 2018

Spacecraft Draws on Apollo, Avoids Shuttle Foam Problem

Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 20, 2005; Page A03

NASA yesterday released its master plan for returning humans to the moon by 2018 and eventually sending them to Mars, choosing rocketry from the space shuttle era and drawing inspiration from the Apollo program that first put humans on the lunar surface 36 years ago."