I've heard that with the annual budget for NASA you could solve the world hunger problem. I've also heard that the cost of one day of war in Iraq can do the same thing.

Space is awesome, but let its exploration be financed by independents, not by the country in general. I don't actually believe that we can learn very much about Earth by going to other totally different planets - that line of thinking is so backwards. Even if we did find minerals and such that we're running low on, it would cost billions of dollars and take decades to ship them back here. I'd rather money be spent on exploring the oceans, which are like 95% unexplored. Seeing as how they cover 70% of the Earth's surface, I'm sure there is a lot of stuff underwater that could be used to help us.

But then I'm Canadian, so I don't have to worry about how America spends its tax dollars.