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NASA may scrap plans to build moon base

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/04/nasa-likely-to-scrap-plans-to-build-moon-base.html

NASA apparently has changed its mind about building a permanent base on the moon and may instead focus on sending astronauts to Mars, the space agency's acting head has told Congress, NewScientist reports.

In January 2004, then president Bush announced his "vision" for U.S. missions to the moon and Mars. NASA announced in December 2006 that it would land a crew on the moon by 2020.

Acting administrator Chris Scolese testified yesterday to the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee that oversees space. He indicated that NASA is open to putting more emphasis on human missions to destinations like Mars or a near-Earth asteroid, the magazine writes.

Read NASA's rationale for continued lunar exploration.