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 CD> I was wonder what the precise reason was stated for cancelling
 CD> all planned future manned missions to The Moon and Mars.
   I read somewhere that the Man on the Moon project was largely a 
political/national-morale exercise anyway. The Moon was chosen as being 
sufficiently inspiring without being as costly as, say, Mars.
   The Americans put the first two men on the moon, then put the next five or 
ten as well to make sure the Soviets noticed.
   Then, because nobody had planned past that point, the whole program 
collapsed and they went back to near-Earth stuff.
Paul
... If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.
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