Augustine panel urges 'flexible path' to Mars landing

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A presidential commission on the future of U.S. manned spaceflight has concluded that a manned landing on Mars must wait while NASA perfects manned space operations on the moon and pursues a "flexible path" to explore other parts of the solar system.rnThe White House last week released an executive summary of the report of the Review of the U.S. Human Space-flight Plans Committee, chaired by former Lockheed Martin Corp. CEO Norman Augustine. The so-called Augustine Commission was charged with examining options for NASA's human spaceflight program and will report its overall findings to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.