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Our space program should be concentrating on the basics first. Our first priority should be developing a cheaper means of launching payloads into orbit. No matter what kind of space program you want in the future, it would be massively enhanced by having lower costs to get into space in the first place. The second thing should be working on automated control systems and robots in the vein of the mars rover. Not only has all our best scientific data come from robots, but such research also has immensely practical use here on earth as well. Finally, we should start looking about for some sort of commercial application in space. Now granted its too expensive for the near future, but we could still lay the groundwork like surveying for useful materials or examining zero-gee construction techniques.