You Are Being Ridiculous
Every Mars supporter on this board that I know of supports NEA detection. It is not the Mars crowd that is anti big tent. Your commentary is anti-big tent. EP seems to think NEA's are the only thing NASA should focus on. You and EP are in denial that impact experts propose programs that can fit easily within the robotic portion of NASA's budget. They don't need to be man tended because they cost less than one shuttle mission and can do the job within their expected life time. Doesn't surprise me these details escape Grondine, but I would have expected better from you. Glad to know EP finally has a friend of like mind though. Perhaps he will mellow out some.
Regards,
Mark