NASA's goals and budget not in the same orbit

It seems that space travel for men will not happen for another ten or twenty years. And also the technology for space travel is so slow that it looks like to travel in space will not be something like Star Trek. NASA is depending on the US government for funds for their projects to put a base on the moon or even fly to Mars. With the government using the funds on their failing economy and war related stuff, it seems like NASA is on their own. Other countries seems to be only at the stage of firing rockets and doing space walks. Men is too busy with their own squabble that they fail to see the needs to go into space. It is the same knowledge that the planet we live on will not be around forever and unless human kind wants to lives forever they will need to move out or face extinction.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-nasa9-2009sep09,0,7865634.story