"This is the most challenging landing we have ever attempted, " said Doug McCuistion, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mars exploration program.

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For instance, there is no clear linkage between the details in the plan and the space exploration goals and priorities established by the administration in terms of sending astronauts to an asteroid as an interim destination before sending humans to orbit and eventually to land on Mars.

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That is why my Administration continues to open millions of acres for oil and gas exploration.

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The one person who deserves no credit for this boom is Barack Obama. in fact, this Administration has bent over backwards to make oil and gas production and exploration as difficult as possible.

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Now that the administration has reviewed that situation and implemented new safety measures, he said that exploration can go on.

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"The administration put together a group of experts to review safety recommendations for offshore oil and gas exploration, " Barrasso said.

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