What’s become of the “bold,” optimistic plan for the moon station/mission to Mars?
Bush unveiled the “Vision” in a Jan. 14 speech, promising to “extend a human presence across our solar system,” starting with a return to the moon by 2020 and an eventual human spaceflight to Mars.
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Despite charges of election-year grandstanding, Bush appears to have gained nothing politically from the announcement. A Jan. 18 Washington Post-ABC News poll found that 62 percent of Americans opposed the plan. Bush has not mentioned it since the speech.
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I wonder why that is?