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Bush to seek manned flights to moon, Mars
by Laughing Boy at 12:57 am EST, Jan 9, 2004

] President Bush plans a major policy speech next week in
] which he'll promote a new space initiative, senior
] administration officials said Thursday.
]
] Bush will lay out his "vision for expanding the space
] program," which is expected to include long-term moves
] for manned missions to the moon and an eventual manned
] mission to Mars, an official said. NASA's target for a
] moon mission is 2018.

WOW! The Bush Administration is finally going to do something I AGREE with! (Though I still would vote for Daffy Duck before I'd ever vote W)

But the time table for a return to the moon - 2018 - is rediculous IMO. We should be back on the moon within a decade (did it before) and shooting for Mars within 20 years.

Then again, thats probably just the ole' biological clock reminding me that I'll be 50 in 2018 - almost a half century since "One small step for man..." I'd really like people to be on mars before I visit my friendly neighborhood undertaker.

RE: Bush to seek manned flights to moon, Mars
by k at 8:47 am EST, Jan 9, 2004

Laughing Boy wrote:
] ] President Bush plans a major policy speech next week in
] ] which he'll promote a new space initiative, senior
] ] administration officials said Thursday.
] ]
] ] Bush will lay out his "vision for expanding the space
] ] program," which is expected to include long-term moves
] ] for manned missions to the moon and an eventual manned
] ] mission to Mars, an official said. NASA's target for a
] ] moon mission is 2018.
]
] WOW! The Bush Administration is finally going to do something
] I AGREE with! (Though I still would vote for Daffy Duck
] before I'd ever vote W)

Bush's "vision" for US space exploration is to talk about it as if he supports it as a distraction in an election year. I predict no useful plans, no concrete commitments and nothing of any substance whatsoever in this announcement. It's gonna be a "rah-rah, america! we rule and can do shit in SPACE! How awesome is that! Someday we'll go to Mars, won't that be amazing! No one can fuck with america when it comes to space!" I predict this to be a statement of pure political opportunism.