Would NASA treat Mr McCain same as Mr Obama ??

>>Reprint of Oct 23, 2008<< <br>On August 19, 2008 the Washington Post reported Mr Obama's plan for NASA that included the 2020 Moon and the one-off Manned Mars plan of the current President and reported that Mr. Obama went on to criticize the Bush administration for "poor planning and inadequate funding" of NASA.  Mr. Obama has not denied this position, and I agree with the "poor planning and the inadequate funding" of NASA wholeheartedly, but to have Manned Mars reinstated without a bottom up review of that wasteful, near impossible and crew risking Manned Mars program is not sound. In light of what could be done with a permanent Moon base the one-off Manned Mars Mission is criminal with regard to crew risk and the judicial use of funds.
To me the course that is set in a very few weeks from now is very important, and the part that NASA will play in that furure (not for me, I'm too old) for our grandchildren is very important. If we choose to waste this opportunity to build a permanent base on the Moon instead of a one-off Manned Mars Mission we may loose that chance for another thirty years.  We lost one chance to build a permanent Moon base and opted to do a crippled ISS instead and now world and national events have brought a second chance to do the proper thing.