July 28, 2004

Howling at the Moon: Space Entrepreneurs See Red Over Mars Favoritism

Posted by tourdemars to General News at July 28, 2004 11:43 AM

The ability of NASA to rise to the occasion and put into practice U.S. President George W. Bush's vision for space exploration appears to be up for grabs as his 2005 budget request now founders in Congress. Meanwhile entrepreneurs believe the U.S. space agency's preoccupation with Mars is eclipsing in importance our closest celestial neighbor: the Moon.
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We really should do both parts of the vision but some question the order or how soon must one follow the other. For how long we should stay or for how many visits of what duration. Whether they should be of specific sciencetific exploration reasons only or for commercial coupled money making efforts. One could also say that we should go but never come back making permanent settlement the goal and to do the exploration and commercial ventures once a base is established.

Posted by: Harold LaValley at July 29, 2004 06:31 AM