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SPACE.com -- NASA Weighs U.S. Strategy for Moon Exploration: "The
space agency plan is a key component in the response to U.S. President George
W. Bush%u2019s Vision
for Space Exploration %u2013 a call to action that he sketched out in early 2004.


That
far-reaching, big picture White House agenda included as a goal the return of humans to the
Moon%u2019s surface by 2020 - as the launching point for missions beyond. Also,
starting no later than 2008, a series of robotic missions would be dispatched
to the lunar surface to research and prepare for future human exploration."