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<DIV><A href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100415/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_space">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100415/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_space</A></DIV>
<DIV>"Obama did not predict a <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1271369028_6 class=yshortcuts>Mars landing</SPAN> soon. But he said that by 2025, the nation would have a new spacecraft "designed for long journeys to allow us to begin the first-ever crewed missions beyond the moon into deep space."</DIV>
<DIV>"We'll start by sending astronauts to an asteroid for the first time in history," he said. "By the mid-2030s, I believe we can send humans to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth. And a landing on Mars will follow. And I expect to be around to see it."</DIV>
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<DIV>Can a life-support system for Mars voyagers be developed in a quarter century? </DIV>
<DIV>What if Obama means he plans to live a very long life-- so that "And I expect to be around to see it" could mean more than a century from now? </DIV>
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<DIV>It's not what people say, it's what they don't say.</DIV></DIV></td></tr></table><br>