[FPSPACE] McCain would like to see a man on Mars

[Edward Hudgins]

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McCain would like to see a man on Mars  

 

Jun 6 07:15 AM US/Eastern

 

 

Presumptive Republican White House nominee John McCain said Thursday he
would like to see a manned mission to Mars as part of a "better set of
priorities" for NASA that would better engage the public. 

At a townhall event in Florida, the Arizona senator was asked about funding
for the US space agency's shuttle program, which is due to end in 2010. 

 

He said he "would be willing to spend more taxpayers' dollars" to continue
the program but argued that NASA must do a better job of inspiring the
American public, as when it sent a man to the moon in 1969. 

 

McCain said one of his favorite books as a child had been Ray Bradbury's
1950 novel "The Martian Chronicles," about humans colonizing the Red Planet.


 

"I am intrigued by a man on Mars and I think that it would excite the
imagination of the American people if we can say, 'Hey, here's what it looks
like," he said. 

 

"We know that now, and here's what may be there and let's all join in that
project. I think Americans would be very willing to do that." 

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