http://www.wimp.com/stoppeddreaming/?dsk=1&mobi=1 (http://www.wimp.com/stoppeddreaming/?dsk=1&mobi=1)
Scarey.
US military budget: 666 billion
Nasa: 18 billion
Technologies that WE CAN MAKE if we increase spending on NASA http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-11/nasa-engineers-propose-combining-rail-gun-and-scramjet-fire-spacecraft-orbit (http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-11/nasa-engineers-propose-combining-rail-gun-and-scramjet-fire-spacecraft-orbit)
http://www.gizmag.com/ad-astra-ion-engine-mars-39-days/12342/ (http://www.gizmag.com/ad-astra-ion-engine-mars-39-days/12342/)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_Planet_Finder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_Planet_Finder)
http://mnispel.net/neengineer/?p=320 (http://mnispel.net/neengineer/?p=320)
Possible: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive)