It would seem the Bush Administration is now back peddling form their leak...

Speaking at the daily White House press briefing, McClellan said that while the president strongly supports the U.S. space program, no policy decisions would be made before the conclusion of an interagency review of U.S. space priorities.

“Several months ago the president initiated an interagency review of space exploration to determine the appropriate future course of U.S. space exploration activities. ... That review is ongoing,” McClellan said.

It only makes sense as they wanted NASA to do the Moon within the current budget and still fix the STS, finish ISS and keep the unmanned science mission intact...

Maybe they figure NASA has magic fair dust or something...

The AOL Poll...

Should the U.S. go back to the moon?
Yes 75%
No 25%

How important is space exploration?
Very 71%
Somewhat 20%
Not at all 10%