How nuts would it be if the Republicans end up being the driving force behind the expansion of the space program? Edit* I can even think of a few ways to sell it. 1. 'Those damn Democrats just HATE the American flag! That's why all those damn football players are kneeling! Let's show them what-for by building a fucking MASSIVE moon base in the shape of a flag!' 2. 'Jesus demands that we share His message with all people, and that includes the moon-men living inside the hollow moon. We must create a missionary moon mission to evangelize to these poor people in dire need of the Good Word.'
Hella more expensive, though. About once every couple of months I debate buying some of Baz's posters because I can't believe that reality TV and space exploration ever had a love child.
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress I'm going to continue to believe that to maintain the last vestiges of my hope that we might eliminate an existential threat in my lifetime. I drank the Mars One kool aid, I'm not ashamed of it.“Anything which is physically possible can always be made financially possible; money is a bugaboo of small minds.”