"Mike Borgelt" wrote...
On a non SF note I think at least having an official policy of return
to the moon and on to Mars beats not having one.

Yes, but you won't have to pay for it.

They have that nice shiny space station, if they were serious (rather than
just trying to win an election), I should think it a lot more sensible to
put together a Mars expedition there, and skip the moon altogether...

Marc