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A little over a year ago, President Bush said the United States should go back to the Moon and then on to Mars. This story looks at the viability of that plan, considering all the other projects Congress has to fund. It also looks back at the similarities between this situation and President Kennedy's call to send humans into space in the 1960s.
Broadcast History
Broadcast as part of the WMFE program "Countdown Discovery," on the space shuttle fleet's return to flight.
Transcript
Last January fourteenth -- eleven months after the Columbia was lost, President Bush spoke to NASA's staff and supporters gathered live in Washington and by video hook-up around the country.
[PRESIDENT BUSH: Today I announce a new plan to explore space and extend a human presence across our solar system. ]
The president's proposal …. A base on the moon in ten years and the eventual exploration of Mars … Was bold and … Of course … expensive.
[ROHRABACHER: Well certainly there are a lot of other budget priorities right now.]
California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher is a member of the House Space Committee.
[ROHRABACHER: There've been so many people talking "Let’s go to Mars! Let’s go to Mars! And spend trillions of dollars and drain all the money from every other program." Going back to the moon and establishing a moon base, I think that’s within the realm of what's...
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