U.S. President George W. Bush's commitment to solar system exploration met with an encouraging response from most members of the space community. Reservations are usually related to worries about excessive costs and the necessity for a long-term commitment by the Executive Branch over many presidential cycles and by the general public. The strategy described below is intended to minimize costs by producing savings in several areas, yet still meet the president's goal of returning to the moon and then going on to Mars, with a sequence of new and fascinating research and exploration objectives likely to hold the public interest. There seems less disagreement about objectives in the next five years.
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