if you look closely, you\'ll notice that the shuttle crashed in 02/2003 and hubble trips were the banned, but bush declaired we would go to mars in 01/04. Why the contradiction 11 months later? It\'s all about the history books. By banning any travel but the station during his presidency, bush saves face with his generation. But, much like jfk, if he proposes going to mars, this will take several + years to come to fruition. Meaning, someone elses presidency. So, when we go, Bush will be seen seen in the same light as jfk with the moon for saying waaaay back in 2004 at the turn of the century that we should start to make plans for sending a manned mission to mars.
Fact: Eventually will go to mars, and bush will get a note in the history books about being the man who had the vision and put it in action years before it ever happened.
