Even if you DID send all the senators to Mars, could you, even then, guarantee that thre was intelligent life there?
Reichart, I agree with you too!
As to the US feeling spending thousands on feeling sorry for people, how much of that is "We'll help you IF... you do as we tell you, believe what we tell you, and act like the good little puppies we want you to be?"
/I didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning... (apologies to Billy Joel)