Unpublished Plan Already Drawing Fire
President Bush's plan to establish a manned science base
on the moon and to send humans to Mars is likely to fail before
ever getting off the ground, according to a space advocacy
group.
The Lunar Republic Society, which offers lunar land claims
for sale over the Internet to raise funds for space
exploration, hopes to help finance permanent communities on the
moon by 2015. The organization has sold 400,000 acres of such
claims since its inception in 1999 and has reportedly received
overtures from India and Russia, which both seek financial
assistance for future space missions.
"Because of the huge budget deficit the United States has
accumulated over the last three years, the United States doe