Is it something you'd like to do or is it going to suffer from budget cuts to pay for missions to the moon and further to Mars?

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Experience gained from new journeys to the Moon would be used in "human missions to Mars and to worlds beyond", the president said.

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When Dr Hooke asked the International Standards Organisation committee that assigns country codes about establishing codes for the moon and Mars, he was told that he would need to provide a letter from the relevant sovereign representative.

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Some have even suggested the loose rock regolith on the surface of the moon or Mars as a growing medium, although additional minerals would need to be brought from Earth.

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