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January 13, 2004

The Lunar Republic Society Says Bush Space Plan 'Doomed From the Start'

Unpublished Plan Already Drawing Fire President Bush's plan to establish a manned science base on the moon and to send humans to Mars is likely to fail before ever getting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

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