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Lawmakers Skeptical of Bush Space Plan

NPR | By Richard Harris

Published February 13, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

President Bush's long-term plan to send humans back to the moon and on to Mars meets with skepticism in the House Science Committee. Lawmakers Thursday grilled Bush administration officials about the long-term costs of the plan. Among their concerns is that valuable science at NASA will fall victim to an agency budget crunch. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

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