Mars Ain't the Kind of Place to Raise Your Kids - Could W be about to issue JFK-style challenge to send man to Mars? I know how well that's gonna go over with the gang who already bashes him for cutting entitlements while lowering taxes on the evil rich -- not to mention the more skittish environmentalist types who a liable to go apoplectic at the thought of nuclear-powered spaceships. While I would support such a program and think it would be an exciting endeavor, the age has passed when you can expect large government projects to enthrall a nation. Maybe if we sold the TV rights to Rupert Murdoch and let him hold a reality series to choose the astronauts who would take the journey, complete with some kind of "Adam and Eve" first colonists angle. Yeah, that sounds about right.