] President Bush plans a major policy speech next week in
] which he'll promote a new space initiative, senior
] administration officials said Thursday.
]
] Bush will lay out his "vision for expanding the space
] program," which is expected to include long-term moves
] for manned missions to the moon and an eventual manned
] mission to Mars, an official said. NASA's target for a
] moon mission is 2018.

WOW! The Bush Administration is finally going to do something I AGREE with! (Though I still would vote for Daffy Duck before I'd ever vote W)

But the time table for a return to the moon - 2018 - is rediculous IMO. We should be back on the moon within a decade (did it before) and shooting for Mars within 20 years.

Then again, thats probably just the ole' biological clock reminding me that I'll be 50 in 2018 - almost a half century since "One small step for man..." I'd really like people to be on mars before I visit my friendly neighborhood undertaker.

LB

Bush to seek manned flights to moon, Mars