NASA Aboard the Journey to the Red Planet or Not?

I recently read an article about the future of the NASA and how they are waiting on funding from President Obama to begin preparing for missions to space.  The United States space program (NASA) wants to accompany the Russian space program to future missions to the red planet Mars.  They want to first successfully plant a rover onto the planet to gather and collect samples.  Then in the future they want to send men on the planet and gather more Intel.  All in all, I think this is a great idea; we need to find out more about these other planets that are located in our solar system.  If we do this, we could have a better future for all of mankind.  But first off, we need to get the funding from the White House before anything else can come.  I believe the president needs get his act together and just fund NASA the money they need to reach further space exploration.  I mean we have been in debt for so long now and a couple billion dollars won’t affect the debt too significantly.  Getting back to the planet missions, this is such a good idea to find out more about Mars.  There could be other biological life forms on that planet and we may never know unless we travel there.  Gathering the soil that makes up the grounds of the planet is also a good way to see if life could be supported on the planet.  Mars is a beautiful planet and the United States cannot pass up an opportunity like this.  We need to be a part of the mission with the Russian space program because this could be one of the biggest missions our life has ever seen.  President Obama needs to figure out what he plans to do with future space exploration soon before it’s too late and the Russian space program has already set foot on the red planet.  Overall, I think NASA needs to jump aboard this space shuttle and set sail for Mars because this is going to be a journey to remember.