European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. May 26. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 americans on Mars Early in the 21st Century As Purl  study of America s future in space tilt National commission in space released a report lust week contemplating shuttle flick to Mars Early in he next Century. This depiction try artist to Herl Mccall. Shows a Mars settlement in he 21st Century. In inc distance a spacecraft departs the Martian noise. Panel releases report on . In space goals for next. 50 years called ambitious Al achievable Washington Apt the National commission on space tins presented its sweeping recommendations for America s Nii Jit half Century in space to the Reagan administration Ith less than the fanfare customary for such events. The administration chose Nasa chief James c. Fletcher rather than president Reagan to receive the report wit Ich look a year and a half to produce. Fletcher said the goals in this report arc ambitious yet Achie  that statement came Tram Nasa not cram Lite White House when the report originally was supposed to be presented. The White House ceremony was postponed reset and postponed again and was eventually shifted across town u the space Agency the downplaying of the report came in part because the commission proposes that Nasa s budget Rise from its current $7 billion a year to 140 billion by 2030, two administration Naur cts said no one wants to hear those numbers now one of the sources said asking anonymity. Paced with a stringent new deficit reduction jaw the president s aides have struggled without apparent Success for nearly four months to find just $2 billion to s3 billion to replace Ibe space shuttle challenger which exploded Jan. 28. Thomas o. Paine a former Nasa administrator was chairman of the 15-member panel thai recommends America take the Lead in space exploration Wilh a goal of establishing it lunar settlement about the year 2005 and a similar outpost Urt Mars about 2015. Lie presented the report to Fletcher who said the Agency welcomes the blueprint. My Only regret is thai i won t be in Nasa while some of these goals arc reached Fletcher said but my goal is m leave Nasa pointed in thai  because of the White House vacillation and a pre mature mailing by Bantam books which is publish ing the lavishly illustrated 210-Page report the us stance of the study has been widely reported by the news Media. At a news conference of Paine " As asked if lie it a Iausly expects Congress and the president in the current atmosphere will look at the report As any Tajii Bijj of her than the wildest kind of  Paine replied in u historical Content saying Thill if the study had been undertaken in 1935, the panel would have found that the biggest problem facing Congress was the budget deficit worries about Japa Nese trips marching through China and concern about the invasion of Ilia Iopu by soldiers of Italy s Benito Mussolini. Hut., lie said if the pane had miked to Donald Douglas who was developing the do. Airliner or gone to Britain s trunk whine who was working to develop a Jet engine or to Vern her von Braun and Robert got Maru about their work with liquid fuel rockets they Mig ii have Gonen a different vision of the future. The fact of the matter is thai 25 years after 1935, two countries the United Stales and the soviet Union had developed enough managerial capabilities and had the financial resources 10 initiate inc space age Paine said. We Are not concerned with the immediate things Here. I Don t apologize for it we weren t asked to address immediate things we were asked to loot 25 50 years into the  me said the panel Hail Wiltje precedent to go by for its prediction of the future in space. Very few people have done what we have at tempted to do Here Paine said. I think As a result we probably Haven t done it very Well