I simply love all the technology mumbo-jumbo silliness. What I mean by that is that we have a lot of problems here now on Earth.

It would be awesome to do these things in space but what is the net result of all this investigation and prototyping etc. Sure people have jobs and get work etc.

But if it is all going to just end up virtually worthless bits and bytes of computer data LITERALLY or if physical things are just going to be dumped and forgotten why not put some of this effort into useful things here on Earth now.

Currently we lack both the technical expertise as well as the political will to even get to Mars. Social apathy will even stop useful research here in our own Solar System ! ! !

The Voyager missions were simply unforgettable and nothing like them will ever occur again . . .