Bush tells NASA to plan resumption of lunar exploration and a manned mission to Mars-- Bravo!

Jan. 14, 2004: PoliSat .Com's Political Satire/ Commentary Daily Update # 01·· ™©·2004··
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Bush tells NASA to begin working toward resumption of Lunar exploration and a manned mission to Mars-- Bravo!·

ASTRONAUTS, EPISODE XVIII.

Today Bush instructed NASA to begin planning to resume missions to the Moon to establish a permanent base there by 2015 to be followed by a manned mission to Mars by 2030. Based on what we've learned only recently, had we not shortsightedly ended lunar exploration decades ago, we could have already developed the Moon's abundant source of energy in the form of Helium 3, use of which could have already provided an almost inexhaustible supply of pollution-free energy for Earth and more than ample energy for ion-propulsion travel to other planets.

At the conclusion of Apollo 17, we unwisely succumbed to the opposition of those who would defer space exploration until we first solve social problems on Earth, in which case we would never renew serious space exploration. Bush's proposals, bold in goals but meager in resources, are at least a good start. Hopefully, the emerging high-technology generation will exhibit more wisdom and have a more pioneering vision for the future that did we, the narcissistic Baby Boom generation. (In fairness to myself, I was not one of those Baby Boomers preferring to spend space-program resources on the fool's errand of solving "social" problems on Earth before continuing exploration of space.)

It's time for Astronauts Episode XVIII to pick up where Astronauts Episode XVII left off with Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmidt being the last humans to walk on the Moon (with Ronald Evans as the lunar module pilot). As a reminder of yet another reason for which we would be wise for us to resume aggressive exploration of space, I refer you to my October 15, 2003, commentary here and here.

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