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BushSpacePlan_041114.sPubDate = "1/14/2004 11:33:40 PM GMT";
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BushSpacePlan_041114.appHeader = "Bush's space initiative";
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BushSpacePlan_041114[i-1].body = "<li>Return the space shuttle to flight and fulfill the U.S. commitment to the International Space Station.   <br><li>Halt most work on the space station by 2010, confining the American role there to studying health effects of spaceflight.   <br><li>Retire the space shuttle fleet around the same time.";

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BushSpacePlan_041114[i-1].body = "<li>Increase use of robotic explorers.   <br><li>Start developing a new \"Crew Exploration Vehicle\" for venturing beyond Earth&#146;s orbit; test it by 2008 and launch its first mission by 2014. Use it to shuttle astronauts to the space station.   <br><li>Send unmanned probes to the moon by 2008, with humans landing between 2015 and 2020.   <br><li>Establish a long-term presence on the moon to serve as a launching area for human missions to Mars and beyond.";

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BushSpacePlan_041114[i-1].body = "<li>Bush offered no overall price tag for the new ventures; his aides declined to provide one.  <br><li>Bush would launch his plan by increasing NASA spending by a total of $1 billion over five years, and by shifting $11 billion from existing space spending toward his priorities.  <br><li>NASA spending would still represent less than 1 percent of the total federal budget.  <br>";

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