You guys have similar wet dreams all the time, over on space
when you figure that if only it weren't for the shuttle and ISS, then we would have colonies on mars, or whatever the beef de jour is.
Or my anti-favorite saying of yours that said something like: "All we have to do is this nuclear space propulsion project for a few years. Then we can go to Pluto later and scoop up buckets of the [now frozen] atmosphere."
I try not to go in for this "OMFG you are so inconsistant!" sort of retort. But the degree of condescension in your post ticked me off.