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Just another campaign stunt. How on earth do we pay for it? With what's left over for social security when these guys are done looting it? It's all so transparent: just a build-up to the SOTU.

Then again:

Just to give these guys a chance:

A serious approach to reinvigorating the space program would use robots, which are both cheaper and more effective. Manned space travel is just a form of tourism; great, but let the private sector do that. That would fit into Republican philosophy, wouldn't it?

So now we have a litmus test for whether this proposal is just a stunt, or not. Robots, serious; astronauts, a stunt. And a stunt is just what it looks like it's going to be.