Ebook: Mars walk One. First Steps on a New Planet

On 14 January 2004, President George W. Bush appeared before employees atNASA headquarters and announced a new plan to explore space and extend ahuman presence across our Solar System. This initiative energises and refocusesNASA on new goals that include manned missions to the Moon by 2015 and apermanent lunar base by 2020, with Mars as an ultimate objective. The Presidentstated: We will build new ships to carry men forward into the universe, to gain anew foothold on the Moon, and to prepare for new journeys to worlds beyond ourown.