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Experts Question Details of Mars Plan Observers and analysts question the cost and efficiency of President Bush's proposal for NASA to build a moon base that could support a manned mission to Mars. NPR's Liane Hansen speaks with Greg Klerkx, author of Lost in Space: The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age.

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Experts Question Details of Mars Plan

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Observers and analysts question the cost and efficiency of President Bush's proposal for NASA to build a moon base that could support a manned mission to Mars. NPR's Liane Hansen speaks with Greg Klerkx, author of Lost in Space: The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age.