Mission to Mars?

It is fitting that Mission to Mars was a ride at both Disneyland and Disney World that replaced Flight to the Moon. Both travel ideas are government boondoggles that belong in science fiction books, comics, and movies.

Support for a mission to Mars seems to be growing.

In 1989, President George H. W. Bush proposed establishing a base on the Moon, sending an expedition to Mars, and beginning “the permanent settlement of space.”

In 2004, President George Bush announced “a new plan to explore sp...