we don't need to go to mars, I'm of the school of thought that we destroyed that planet and we were given a second chance here. The ISS? we are passengers on a different countries taxi which is pathetic. If we didn't have wars we could solve the majority of problems with earth. Solar could be on every home and feedback to the grid. No big government projects... get back to local gardens and power and security...anyway i think it is too late, civilization will destroy itself and we will have to start all over...oh well. I worked at LLNL and Sandia and SLAC and most universities on the west coast providing the laser clocks for their "experiments" in the 80's. My guess the end "in mind" is for land based laser weaponry. Things are a bit out of control, we are evolving too fast. The big govt. projects are used to "produce" the "economy" and keep us busy, because we are bored as humans, so we keep paying taxes, so we can start new "projects". *Grumpy old man spits loll
Pat B
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Been there, done that, got the t-shirt & selling it in a garage sale.