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Obama NASA plan: Mars shot as next generation's Apollo mission

Source: Pete Spotts, "Obama NASA plan: Mars shot as next generation's Apollo mission," Christian Science Monitor News Service , April 16, 2010.
http://www.minnpost.com/worldcsm/2010/04/16/17420/obama_nasa_plan_mars_shot_as_next_generations_apollo_mission

The U.S. human spaceflight program is on a course for Mars — future budgets, presidents, and Congresses willing.