Charlie Self wrote:

I doubt we can fix health care for the 16 billion aimed at Mars, but

I heard on a radio show that bush did not bring up Mars for several reasons
at the state of the union address, but one was that the total-total cost is
estimated to be about $160B, not just the "get started" figure that has
been publicized more.

That's a staggering cost. I cannot give you an official source for this
figure, though, so take it with a grain of salt.

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gabriel