NASA Snippets from Air Force One

Air Force One Press Briefing by Scott McClellan, John Marburger, and Claude Allen (NASA Excerpts)

“Q Scott, the President’s moon/Mars mission, plan — I mean, what’s going to come of that? There’s a lot of concern about the gap when the shuttle is retired and the new vehicle hasn’t come into play yet.

DR. MARBURGER: There’s lots of other science that’s important, and there are lots of other initiatives in other agencies that are important for our country. This initiative focuses on things that we think have especially high leverage for future innovation. And that’s what this is focused on. Space exploration is another issue, it’s another important area for the country, but it’s not part of this initiative.

Q Does this indicate any shifting of priorities away from that as a top priority?

DR. MARBURGER: No, there’s no shift of priorities for the other areas.”