The United States is planning to land on the moon again, this time to build a base which will serve as quarters for astronauts preparing for their journey to Mars.

Bush had it planned to have the moon base up and running by 2020, but since NASA have their eyes set on designing a new spaceship and they're spending a huge amount of money for the international space station, the moon base will have to wait. This, and other reasons such as having to face dangers in living in space, the way machineries will perform when they're on the moon, and other unforeseen variables are stopping NASA from continuing the lunar mission program.

But NASA is not shelving the idea of another lunar mission. They're still waiting for the technology to be able to allow them to travel easily, build the moon base, and allow a human colony to exist on the moon.

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