We expect headlines to be "truthy" these days, but this bill does not actually authorize money for any Mars mission. There is no Mars mission. There is policy,

We expect headlines to be "truthy" these days, but this bill does not actually authorize money for any Mars mission. There is no Mars mission. There is policy, and a strategic framework, and a critical decision plan, and a Congressional goal of new propulsion tech and a new spacesuit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3346/text#toc-id35ffe0125e0f4c929eae4f08ea6c9a31 https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/334...