[libh8er]

America has more pressing needs... such as putting tens of millions of unemployed onto never ending welfare.

[BigCinBigD]

Well. It is the Red planet after all.

[DemforBush]

Man, how awesome would it be to be one of the first people to set foot on another planet? I think I’d sign up even if it was going to be a one-way trip.

Assuming NASA would take me, which I think it’s pretty safe to assume they wouldn’t, LOL.

[Gaffer]

And, Obama will find a way to tax it.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Russia is welcome to go to Mars. I could almost wish they would all go to Mars.

[maddog55]

Obama will take the challenge, insist we lose to make Russia look good, demand Russia take Muslim astronauts with them and then fully fund the Russian program with taxpayer dollars.

[jerry557]

Obama will want a Muslim to be the first to land on Mars. I doubt the Russians will send a Muslim so Obama may suddenly jump us into this new space race!

[Celerity]

Nasa forfeits. Its tough to pray facing mecca up there.

[Dixie Yooper]

It's hard to believe we are going to pass at a chance of making Mars the 58th state.

[snowsislander]

USA astronauts to an asteroid and to Mars no later than 2015, according to NASA. Sooner than predicted in April by US President Barack Obama: Mars in the mid-2030s.

NASA has no future manned space flight using American craft after February 26, 2011, when the final shuttle flight, STS-134, will be sent up.

In fact, as far as future missions of any kind, the only others that I see listed at NASA's website are:

1. A small satellite to study greenhouse gases and global warming called "Glory".
2. A number of flights on Russian spacecraft to the International Space Station.
3. An unmanned spacecraft called Juno which will orbit Jupiter.