So apparently the Bush administration is going to propose returning to the moon and eventually sending someone to Mars. I can summarize my thoughts on this in two words. Horse. Puckey.
Here's a little anecdote that might help explain what I think is happening here. When my sister and I were kids, her spot at the dinner table was right in front of a window. When dessert time came around, my parents would sometimes look out the window and say, "Ooh, look at the birdie!" My sister would then turn around to see, and when she did my parents would grab her cookie. She would then turn around and be alarmed that her cookie had disappeared. (Now, before you get all alarmed and call the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, she always got the cookie back and everyone chuckled at the gag.)
We're not going to Mars. I doubt we'll even get back to the Moon anytime soon, as cool as that would be. This is just a ploy to get people to talk about something besides the stuff that makes Dubya look bad: