"...unlocked the NASA Explorer Badge..." And so our space program takes yet another small step towards being replaced by wishful thinking. NASA is scrapping on

"...unlocked the NASA Explorer Badge..." And so our space program takes yet another small step towards being replaced by wishful thinking. NASA is scrapping one real exploration program after another, while using precious orbital payloads to study rose fragrances and ant colonies in 0G. If the 470th person in orbit is a "NASA Explorer", then I guess we should just make Neil Armstrong a Deep Space Admiral. Then we can all pretend like we've colonized the galaxy while we play EVE Online.