Buzz Aldrin Says NASA Should Ditch the ISS and Make the Mars Jump

[LunaSea]

8. Sorry Buzz, you're wrong...

ISS is the platform for On Orbit Construction of a variety of vehicles that can open up the whole inner system if we'd apply some modest funding in the right places.
One of the best things about ISS is the fact that we didn't do it alone, but together with so many other nations. It's a good model for future development.
Our penchant for developing, then abandoning terrific ideas (and hardware) is one of the one of the things keeping ourselves "down on the farm".
I've a great admiration for Buzz, and was honored to work with him several years ago on a lunar related project, but he's just wrong about this. The entire inner solar system and its resources are our goal, not just Mars.