Eventually yes, but it seems we're putting the cart before the horse. I really hope it goes well and we end up accelerating things with another space race, thi

Eventually yes, but it seems we're putting the cart before the horse. I really hope it goes well and we end up accelerating things with another space race, this is the best outcome and maybe this is why we're shooting for manned Mars missions... but it's risky. A crew of dead astronauts on Mars could have the opposite effect. Imagine if Nixon really had to deliver that failure message about the moon landing, space exploration could be even worse off than it is now.