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In the immediate sense of NASA's goals: the Robonaut-

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/04/robonaut-rides-the-shuttle/

And then President Barack Obama's stated mission to NASA in an attempt to get to Mars: land on an asteroid first-

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvDhvPm9l5fHqiHIU5uc6Gpzs-MAD9F4C2NG0

What do you think about NASA's progress and what is in store for space travel in general?

Decades of investment for a sense of progress? I dunno...

I consider ocean-borne habitats more important, than the obviously endless void of space.

Ocean-log: "I woke up this morning to a school of tuna, followed by a plethora of other organisms surfing by my window".

Space-log: "Studied a rock from Mars after waking up today, this trip is not exactly what I expected..."

Yeah i find it pretty bad when we know more about the moon than the depths of our own ocean....