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Science 12 March 2004:
Vol. 303. no. 5664, p. 1593
DOI: 10.1126/science.303.5664.1593c
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ScienceScope

The moon and Mars can wait. That's the message an influential Senate committee gave the White House last week. President George W. Bush last month called for boosting NASA's budget 5.6% to $16.2 billion following his vow to send humans to build a lunar base and then to explore Mars. But the Senate Budget Committee has proposed delaying the start of the president's plan until 2006 and giving other areas a more modest 1.4% boost.

Meanwhile, in the House, the Science Committee says it needs more information before it can decide whether to support the president's plan. Few Democrats in Congress are enthusiastic about backing Bush's controversial proposal during a tense election year, and many conservative Republicans are worried about increasing the federal deficit. The combination may force NASA to postpone its plans until next year.




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