The space program needs a goal, and the goal should be humans to Mars.

There was a space program before there was integrated circuits.

The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program.

The single simplest reason why human space flight is necessary is this, stated as plainly as possible: keeping all your breeding pairs in one place is a retarded way to run a species.

The NASA humans-to-Mars program is all sizzle and no steak.

Our goal is to show that you can develop a robust, safe manned space program and do it at an extremely low cost.