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A panel of experts appointed by the White House |
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has warned that current plans to send astronauts back to the moon |
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in preparation for manned missions to Mars |
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are just not viable. |
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One of the panel members Li Ruoqiao |
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says the space agency NASA |
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hasn't been given enough funds to realize the plans. |
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"That is when the visions for space aspirations |
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were first announced in 2004 |
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there was expectation of a certain budget level |
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of the next several years. |
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In fact over the last five years |
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those numbers are nothing realized. |
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So because of that we are in a pickle that we are in now." |
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The experts say the current budget of the space agency NASA |
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would need to be increased by billions of dollars. |
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Without the extra money, |
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the experts say, NASA would have to work |
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with private companies now |
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trying to embark on commercial space flights. |