http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38103-2005Mar15.html
"President Bush's ambitious strategy for space exploration is forcing wrenching changes at NASA, putting thousands of jobs at risk, threatening closure of facilities across the country and sharply altering the way the agency does business.
Last week, NASA Associate Administrator James L. Jennings warned that the agency could lose as many as 2,680 jobs -- 15.3 percent of its 17,475-member full-time workforce -- in the next 18 months. "You have to streamline the organization and size it to the mission you're carrying out," he said. "It's essential to carry out the exploration mission." "
"At least 14 facilities at the same centers could close, among them [] a joint U.S.-Japan artificial-gravity project for the international space station"
its too bad there isn't enough money in the budget to do both theoretical science and exploration. but if i had to pick between the two, i'd rather see a person on mars in my lifetime.
...of course, i'd rather not pick between the two.