And now for the "oops" declaration: Post Kitty Hawk Momentum Shifts to Mars***In part because of the mobilization by the membership of the Mars Society demanding a real goal, and the right goal, for the space agency, the bandwagon for answering the Gehman report with a fake lunar program proclamation at Kitty Hawk was derailed. As a result, the decision process to determine NASA's new goal will now be prolonged until AFTER the Mars exploration rovers Spirit and Opportunity land on the Red Planet January 3 and 24, respectively.*** - Bob Zubrin - The Mars Society.
BTW, check out the REAL reason we haven't gone to Mars yet by our resident expert, Richard C. Hoagland at his site Enterprise Mission. Can't wait till we go to Mars get back some of those...Martian artifacts. NASA can't hide now! :-P