Fast forward to 2004 and Pres GWB wants to send a permanent mission to the moon to use as a launch base for mars missions.
Now comes the hard part
* Cost $500B - and leading experts say twice as much will be needed
* ongoing presidents supporting this program - he is only there to a max of 2008
* will they get international co operation on this and what about the ISS - they seem to be putting this off.
