Sorry, but are you on drugs? Solar Probe Plus mission for instance is a $1.2 billion program. http://www.space.com/9262-nasa-cant-afford-senate-timeline-solar

Sorry, but are you on drugs? Solar Probe Plus mission for instance is a $1.2 billion program. http://www.space.com/9262-nasa-cant-afford-senate-timeline-solar-probe.html http://www.space.com/9262-nasa-cant-afford-senate-timeline-s... Playing along.... $100 million for research before sending sounds fine to me.