Perhaps a little time in the harmony hut will help.

Actually I 'm kinda impressed by the project despite all the odds against it it has prevailed.
Of course it isn't exactly what I envisioned (a permanent expandable facility with "artificial gravity"
with manufacturing abilities Ie making spacecraft but then reality meets fantasy.)

Sure it is going to suck up N.A.S.A.s budget like a micro singularity but then any project of that size would.

It has long been my contention that if we can barely afford the ISS then we couldn't afford a moon or mars base.

Like many of you I want steady permanent progress in the space program it all seems obvious that we don't need to be reinventing the wheel/rocket.

Money is the bottom line.

The interest is there, space is no longer a no mans land, but our enthusiasm for space exploration has far outpaced our lifespan.