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Bill In U.S. House Plans Manned Mars Mission

Posted by Hemos on Thursday May 16, 2002 @01:09PM from the won't-pass-but-hey dept.

maddogsparky writes "Spaceref.com has a copy of a bill laying out a roadmap for NASA to send a manned mission to Mars by 2022. Highlights include an manned asteroid landing, building a research outpost on one of Mars' moons and actually providing funds to start mission planning."

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Shotgun by ManDude · 2002-05-16 13:13 · Score: 4, Funny

I call shotgun!
Re:Twenty years away?! by Servo5678 · 2002-05-16 13:39 · Score: 4, Funny

So, um, can we maybe pretend there's a competitive nation and get on with it?!

And in other news, the president announced today that members of Al Qaeda have been spotted on Mars. "We're going to find them and smoke them out of their canals," the president said.