Bush: permanent space station on the moon, Man to walk on mars

[Trauma-san]

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.  — President Bush (search) will announce plans next week to send Americans to Mars and back to the moon and to establish a long-term human presence on the moon (search), senior administration officials said Thursday night.

Bush doesn't plan to send Americans to Mars (search) anytime soon; rather, he envisions preparing for the mission more than a decade from now, one official said.

The president also wants to build a permanent space station on the moon.

The initiatives are part of a broad, new commitment to manned space flight, three officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

They said Bush wants to aggressively reinvigorate the space program, which has been demoralized by a series of setbacks, including the space shuttle disaster last February that killed seven astronauts.

The officials said Bush's announcement would come in the middle of next week.

Bush has been expected to announce a major space initiative, and some thought he do so at the 100th-anniversary celebration of the Wright brother's first flight last month in North Carolina.

Instead, he only pledged the United States would continue to lead the world in aviation.

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, has called for an expansion of the U.S. space program, including a return to the moon.

McClellan spoke with reporters accompanying Bush on a trip to Tennessee and Florida.

 

[JTSimon]

  What a chump.

[7even]

how bout an elevator to mars

[JTSimon]

how bout an elevator to mars

  I say we send Bush first.

[Trauma-san]

One day, your negativity will consummmmmme you.  I think it's great.  Bigger, Better, Higher, Faster.  Whatever the olympics thing is, lol.  

[Don Seer]

gotta show the chinese that ya can still do it... before they get up there.. and to mars - both they are planning on.



btw.. this news is a month old...

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/12/04/us.moon/

[Immortal]

its not worth it at least for now, we have other big ass problems, billions of dollars will be spent on this project and thinkin bout the mess in Iraq, and the global need for money, US or BUSH should just stfu and calm this down till things get better...

1 things for sure though, you americans sure got a Monkey for a president...lol

[Woodrow]

This is a great idea.

Do you realize how many job's this will create? It's gonna do nothing but increase the number of highly educated American's. Do any of you have any idea how much the civilian population benifted from the Apollo programs and the space program in general?

[Woodrow]

To the moon Alice!

[Don Seer]

This is a great idea.

Do you realize how many job's this will create? It's gonna do nothing but increase the number of highly educated American's. Do any of you have any idea how much the civilian population benifted from the Apollo programs and the space program in general?

yup ... it'll benefit us to...

for example... did you know that the only company in the world that makes ejector seats is based in the UK?  defence is big money.. a lot of our stuff gets bought by the US too.. so its good for us


ps.. didnt teflon come from the shuttle program?

[Trauma-san]

Yeah, NASA is almost ran like a private company, they subcontract out almost everything they do, so it pours a lot of money back into the economy.  When Kennedy did it, he was beloved and heralded, when Bush does it, the same cynical hate gets passed around.  Oh well, Jesus was killed for being a nice guy, that's how the world treats good people.  

[Don Rizzle]

Yeah, NASA is almost ran like a private company, they subcontract out almost everything they do, so it pours a lot of money back into the economy.  When Kennedy did it, he was beloved and heralded, when Bush does it, the same cynical hate gets passed around.  Oh well, Jesus was killed for being a nice guy, that's how the world treats good people.  

come on its a a waste of money don't you think your in aenuff debt at the moment i don't think it will be plausable to goto mars for many years without paying an astronomical cost to go with it i'm talking trillions forget billions

[Trauma-san]

^ We'll just have to see how it works out, won't we? The #1 rule of finance is you have to spend money to make money.  

[HIPPI]

^ We'll just have to see how it works out, won't we? The #1 rule of finance is you have to spend money to make money.  

Unless you find the winning lottery ticket that the "winner" lost right after she purchased it.