Opinions on situation from earth-groups

The conspiracy theorists think Project Ares was a fraud from the start and that the ponies are what happens when a CGI worker at NASA gets disgruntled. In short, ponies are proof that man never went to Mars.

Reverend Spenser

Fair from NASA's point of view, anyway. MSNBC would be all over the waste, FOX would combine xenophobia with attacks on the current administration. The New York Times would demand NASA money be redirected to the military, and the Wall Street Journal would demand it be redirected to tax cuts. Etc. Etc. Etc. CNN is about the friendliest video outlet NASA could choose short of being interviewed by Scott Manley.