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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

Money!! Getting into space is expensive. We can't even fund schools and hospitals adequately! Where would we find the money?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-2...pc-tax/5775870

Quite true. It costs a bundle.
We might not have the population to sustain the finance of a program.
Maybe mining moguls would help? nah...

Having said that I was surprised at the amount of aussies involved in the mars rover. Sounds like all the check points and valleys and hills curiosity goes through are named after aussie landmarks.