After reading your "Running water found on Mars?" (Aug. 4), I started reading between the lines.
Two rovers were sent to Mars in 2004. Can anyone tell me how much taxpayers funds have been spent on the hardware, facilities, equipment and support staff since then?
And after all that, the most the lead researcher on the project could say was "This (finding evidence of water) is the single most bullet-proof observation that I can think of that we've made this entire mission"?
That's a pretty sad return on investment. And now they want to send a third rover there. When do we say enough is enough? With all of the needs here in this country, why are we funding this project?
Paul J. Coleianne, Baltimore