If you're gonna ad hominem, IMO it makes more sense to attack Mr. Friedman directly, or at least the Planetary Society as an organization.
Wrt the actual content, IMO it's a predictable side effect of missions that come with these sorts of unfunded followups, especially when funding is at the whim of a different congress. If China wanted to do the ultimate power play, they could just scoop these up as part of their sample return mission.
Rebelgecko|7 months ago
Wrt the actual content, IMO it's a predictable side effect of missions that come with these sorts of unfunded followups, especially when funding is at the whim of a different congress. If China wanted to do the ultimate power play, they could just scoop these up as part of their sample return mission.