when i see things like a space shuttle i think, now that is a scientific masterpiece...when you think of america..you know your a optimist when you see this..and you know your a pessimist when you think of 'nam....i really think that we should keep trying with the space program..i mean cant we talk a few billions dollars from the weapons reasearce and put it into making a trip to the moon...or better yet a space station....that would be amazing. a space station to act as a WAY point between earth and Mars...i think that we should diffenatly go to mars. if we did we could fine out valuable info. like what went wrong? it is my hypothesis that mars was once just like earth. somthing horrible happened,and then it was reduced to the wasteland it is today. also..while this might sound wierd, i think that there was once a thriving civiliztion on mars. when mars "died" o think that they retreated to earth. some of them could have had landing mishaps. causeing them to land in strange places. but i think for the most part the landed in africa. then as time progressed they began to branch out into various parts of the earth. now im sure many of you think im crazy but i have good reason of my theory.......