How To Beat Congress's Ban Of Humans On Mars

An anonymous reader writes "Earlier this year, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban humans on Mars at NASA: "Provided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be used for any research, development, or demonstration activities related exclusively to the human exploration of Mars." The bill is held up in Congress and the anti-Mars language may be taken out. But in case the Mars ban becomes law, the Space Review has a handy guide on how NASA can beat the ban and continue its research and development without breaking the law."

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Re:Could the headline have been more misleading?

[CheshireCatCO]

They reason that they want to stop funding isn't because they think it's necessarily a waste, it's because the President hasn't properly funded it. The result will either be a half-ass Mars program *or* the gutting of other NASA programs. Given that the current NASA administrator considers himself to be entirely an employee of the President (and therefore follows whatever priorities the White House dreams up), it'll be the latter.

So which programs do you want cut? (Hint: it won't be the shuttles or ISS, since those are also top WH priorities for NASA.)