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Article: Bush to ask for big boost in NASA's budget to fund moon, Mars missions
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- January 14, 2004
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PAUL RECER, AP Science Writer
AP Worldstream
01-14-2004
Dateline: WASHINGTON
President George W. Bush will seek to boost NASA's budget by $1 billion over five years to help pay for his plan to put a base on the moon and to mount a manned expedition to Mars later in the century.
Bush's election-year vision calls for establishing a permanent presence on the moon within two decades and putting astronauts on Mars sometime after 2030, a second official said Tuesday.
"The spirit is going to be one of continued exploration ... seeking new horizons and investing in a program that ... meets that objective," Bush told reporters Tuesday during a trip to Mexico.
To pay for the space initiative, which he ...