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Article: Bush wants $1billion more for NASA Increase meant to help plan for moon base, manned Mars mission
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 14, 2004
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WASHINGTON -- President 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, a senior administration official said Tuesday.
Bush's 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.
"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 will outline in a speech
this afternoon, Bush ...