I'm far from narrow minded nick. I have been fortunate enough in my 60 years, to visit several places on this earth. I strongly believe we all need to work on improving this rock, before we spend billions exploring another one. You are completely entitled to your thoughts and opinions. I served honorably in our military, to protect those rights. When considering, " Going Where No Man Has Gone Before". Let's try this, solving the problems we have right here on this planet. Let's stop destroying, and start repairing. I can't stand to see people homeless and hungry, there is no damn reason for this. I also can't stand to see someone standing on a corner holding up a sign begging for help, and seeing a cell phone sticking out of their pocket. Trying to help and fix all the problems is a catch 22. Just traveling around the U.S. is mind boggling, no need for over crowding and a lack of food or proper housing. The brilliant Scientists and Engineers of the world have more than enough to work on right here. I have been very generous over the years, donating my time and money to help find cures for problems we suffer with here. I find it hard to swallow, seeing my taxes funding far fetched projects. I'm all for exploration of the unknown, I just think we have enough of the unknown to look into right here.