I'm glad to see other observatories in orbit, and the hubble is old enough to let go of. I didn't mean that the money for a mars mission couldn't be better spent on domestic issues, but it does seem like big step for our generation. I'm hesitant to say human exploration, cause we can learn a lot more from unmanned missions.
it would also give us a good thing to complain about... "we can put a man/woman on mars, but we can't...."
