[WOSG]

The good news is that Bush recognized that NASA is disfunctional today.

The bad news is that any mission bold enough to 'capture the imagination' will invariably be extravagant enough to almost certainly be worth it.

A mundane mission like sending robots to the moon to lay the groundwork for future more permanent settlement is the best compromise between the two imho.

But I'm of half a mind to suggest us scaling back dramatically and just have nasa do unmanned space probes.

[RightWhale]

Better NASA do this than the Air Force Space Command. When you see stuff on the moon you can say: 'There goes NASA! It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.'