Obama looks to deeper space as NASA's mission

A refocused plan taps the private industry to build rockets for a possible Mars mission. At the launch center where the U.S. had dominated space travel over the last half-century, President Obama on Thursday laid out a new vision for the nation's space ambitions, focusing on future deep-space missions rather than a return trip to the moon.

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