"gabriel" wrote in message
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I heard on a radio show that bush did not bring up Mars for several
reasons
at the state of the union address, but one was that the total-total cost
is
estimated to be about $160B, not just the "get started" figure that has
been publicized more.

That's a staggering cost. I cannot give you an official source for this
figure, though, so take it with a grain of salt.

Like father, like son. His old man did *exactly* the same thing
ten or so years ago. Made a big splash with a plan to go to Mars
then never mentioned it again when the price tag became known.
Striking, isn't it.

Dennis Vogel