Well, I care about propaganda; manned space missions are really cool, and they get people excited about science and technology. We throw most of our budget awa

Well, I care about propaganda; manned space missions are really cool, and they get people excited about science and technology. We throw most of our budget away anyway on defense, which is certainly not doing anyone any good; if we can't politically agree on anything useful to do with it, it would be nice to at least spend it on something cool, instead.