Moon seen as 'dress rehearsal' for Mars
March 4, 2006, 11:44PM
Moon seen as 'dress rehearsal' for Mars
New spacecraft for next lunar mission will play critical role on trip to Red Planet
By MARK CARREAU
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
NASA's new exploration mission to the moon and Mars is driving plans for the agency's first new human spacecraft since the shuttle.The sticker price? $104 billion for astronauts to reach the moon for the first time since the Apollo missions.
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