"NASA refused to comment on the information about the Russian expedition to Mars, but they said that they are studying the project with great interest. An American astronaut might possibly join the Russian cosmonauts, taking into account of the fact that Russia and the U.S.A. manage to settle economic discrepancies," in terms of financial support for the program. Still, "America plans to spend money to help prepare for this grand project," in the future, the only question is how much and how fast, continued the Russian newspaper in 2001.
Now, while such collaboration bodes well for diplomacy, it also acts as a deflating influence in terms of competition between nations -- the less necessary Mars flights are for American or Russian national security and reputation, the less apt politicians are to fund such efforts in financially strapped times. (Perepelkin, 2001)
Also, despite the good political will collaborations have generated in the past, moreover, Andrew Stephen cautioned in the peer-reviewed journal of politics, New Statesman, that "first, the International Space Station," the last collaborative project beween Russia and America, "has become a hugely costly project that does not do anything very useful. Nasa would be quite happy to abandon it, but America has binding agreements with Russia to continue its partial funding of it." (Stephen, 2004)
Stephen admits that cost is a concern for the U.S., but pride does also force it to carry on, even though, "very embarrassingly for the U.S., NASA now even has to rely on Russia for transporting astronauts to and from the station. The ageing space shuttle fleet has been grounded since the Columbia disaster a year ago. As a result, the U.S. cannot at present get human beings even into earth orbit." (Stephen, 2004) the embaressment of the shuttle difficulties has caused many, including President Bush himself, to keep alive the dreams of a mission to Mars as a form of image rehabilitation. (Zimmerman, 2003) but can the financial and safety costs justify so much, for comparatively little scientific or even political return?
For NASA, Mars remains an important long-term goal and a way of establishing political capital in Washington D.C. during a time where even necessary,...
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