Bush Space Plan Unwise?

My problems (and I would assume this would would your rant) is that
people aren't focusing their energies where they should be, allow me to
explain:

Why would I want to get on a plane just to go pick an apple when I can
plant an apple tree in my backyard? Of course, that requires knowledge,
care and time. Most people don't have the time it takes to do that, and
even less the patience.

However there are some advantages to doing things like that - freedom

Yes, once we are in space we will require materials - however we cannot
assume that it will be worth the expense to bring them back to earth -
that's not realistic.

It may be realistic to bring them back to the moon however, where the
need for those materials is going to be greater (it's expensive for us
to ship there), on that point I completely agree.

Are we sort-of saying the same thing here?

Karell Ste-Marie
C.I.O. - BrainBank Inc.