I've noticed that the private sector has been taking a much closer look at the potential commercial opportunities in space. The payback from these endeavors will be enormous - dwarfing all the money spent so far on space exploration. In the next decades, NASA will have the critical job of showing the private sector how it is done.
Space exploration is dangerous.
Many wonderful and courageous men and women have already died. The answers come at a dear price, but those astronauts and cosmonauts that gave their last measure thought it was worth the price. I hope and pray that the the congress will allow the consumate professionals at NASA to lead us into space.