An article by James Burk, the Editor of MarsNews.com

The new Vision for Space Exploration, announced by President Bush on January 14th, 2004, represents a sea-change for the United States space program led by NASA. But that announcement arrived during the context of many other recent and significant advancements in the space arena. Together many experts feel this signals the beginning of a new “space race” much like the 1960’s race to the Moon between the United States and the Soviet Union.