I agree this was a poorly-written editorial, so bad in fact that it's easy to miss a valid criticism he is making of the Europeans. When Mansfield referred to the ESA theme of"rebirthed 'European Nationalism'" I had to agree -- though the word should have been reborn, not rebirthed. The first ESA press conference went on so extensively about Europe, with so little mention of NASA, that you would have thought ESA got Huygens there on its own. I never heard any mention of the United States as a country, and only passing reference to NASA. As far as I'm concerned, this was a deliberate slight. Then their handling of the photos' release was just dumb. Why dribble it out in bits and pieces? As we know, apparently all of it is on the Internet. I don't agree with Mansfield with all his ridiculous commentary about "eye candy" and even more offensive terms and I don't agree that the photos are uninteresting. They are low-resolution but fascinating. Incidentally, when I clicked on Space Daily just now, the Mansfield editorial was gone and a more pointed and better-written one was in its place. Take a look: http://www.spacedaily.com/news/oped-05g.html -- Best wishes, Joe