NEWS - Bush May Announce Return To Moon At Kitty Hawk - Space Daily

Washington - Oct 29, 2003
A report by Space Lift Washington and published by NASA Watch suggests
a major new space policy initiative is under consideration and may be
announced by US President George Bush at celebrations planned for the
centenary of flight at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina December 17th.
As the full implications sinks in of funding three decades of a space
program with no serious long term policy planning, Congress has become
increasingly hesitant to offer NASA a blank check anymore.

From a variety of backgrounds and constituencies, pressure is being
placed on Congress and the Bush Administration to get serious about
space..............


.................According to Space Lift Washington, President Bush may
announce at Kitty Hawk a return to manned lunar exploration but
without any specific massive new funding, forcing NASA to get serious
about what it wants to do with it considerable human spaceflight
assets and decades of experience.



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