Thursday, January 15, 2004
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Bush to unveil $1bn space plans:
"The president's father proposed sending men to Mars when he was in office in 1989, but did not mention a moon base.
The project went nowhere after its cost was estimated at up to $500bn. "
And that was in 1989, so I imagine we could comfortably double that estimate now.
BTW, the article also features probably the worst graphic depicting distance I have ever seen. I thought I had stumbled onto The Sun's website for a second.
"The president's father proposed sending men to Mars when he was in office in 1989, but did not mention a moon base.
The project went nowhere after its cost was estimated at up to $500bn. "
And that was in 1989, so I imagine we could comfortably double that estimate now.
BTW, the article also features probably the worst graphic depicting distance I have ever seen. I thought I had stumbled onto The Sun's website for a second.
