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[[underline]] Moon [[/underline]] built on legacy of Apollo new phase of lunar explor. & exploration [[strike through]] leading & [[strike through]] w/ dev. of human outpost on another world: (support sci; tech research; resource pot. 1990's : robotic 2000 : landing & begin to build outpost over - 10 yrs → [[underline]] commitment [[/underline]] to live & work in space ∴ Conceptual leap outward from Earth [[horizontal line]] [[double underline]] MARS [[/double underline]] initiative committed to lunar expl. & eventual habitation of Mars 1990's - robotic - dev of tech, trans, orbitial [[orbital]] facilities - scientific understanding - Mars science - life sci in body's reaction to long duration spaceflight ~ launch ~ 2005 3 round-trip missions + investigate surface, make prep for outpost => 2010 commitment to outpost