Mars
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To Mars We Go
For or against our interests?
Should we spend the billions to put our first man on mars? Which is the next step in our space exploration odyssey. Or do we keep the money here, where some say it is needed the most. This question has recently become a hot topic surrounding the bush administration.
Bush has announced he will raise NASA'S spending budget by one billion over the next five years to pay for it. Bush's vision calls for a permanent presence on the moon within two decades, and a man on mars sometime after 2030.
The administration said part of the funding for the moon-Mars initiative would come from reallocation of money already in NASA's budget, including phasing out of the space shuttle and quickly concluding the U.S. obligations to the International Space Station...