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Will Bush Deliver Atomic Rocket for a Mars Program?

The aerospace industry, NASA-scientists, and a host of space science advocates will be listening to determine if the President will actually seek Congressional backing for the construction of a major new space propulsion system that may launch the nation's science and engineering community on a course to put humans on Mars and other solar system bodies over the next quarter-of-a-century.
During the past week reports have surfaced starting with a Los Angeles Times interview by NASA Administrator Sean O'Keef indicating that the President will formally announce Project Prometheus --- to build a new rocket launch system designed for space travel at three times the speed humans have gone before --- during the January 28, 9 PM State of the Union address.