The article includes the heading "NASA's insanely complicated plan to go to Mars". Does that imply "simple"? The fact is that the current approach of going to

The article includes the heading "NASA's insanely complicated plan to go to Mars". Does that imply "simple"? The fact is that the current approach of going to Mars is fantasy. The United States needs a strategy to colonize a pole of the Moon (preferably the South Pole), make a long-term lunar colony work, and meantime develop nuclear spacecraft technology for a realistic shot at Mars and beyond. Current policy on this is beyond ridiculous, without involving Congress at all.