Political mindset: Funding a pure science project won't help me win my next election. Now where's my intern? So long as space travel depends on politicians, th

Political mindset: Funding a pure science project won't help me win my next election. Now where's my intern? So long as space travel depends on politicians, this'll be the case, with some rare exceptions. Even Columbus had to justify the expense of sending his ships on an exploration cruise heading West across the Atlantic (trade with India).