article_snippet: The veteran astronaut has written a series of columns stressing that space exploration should continue.
article_snippet: We can make a courageous, Kennedyesque commitment to America's future in deep space. '
article_snippet: The U.S. President could utter these momentous words: "I believe America should commit America, within two decades, to commencing an America-led, permanent presence on MarsMars.
article_snippet: ' In November of last year, The U.S. President wrote a column for TIME, stressing that more people need to touch down in space.
article_snippet: The U.S. President wrote: 'I firmly believe We will establish permanence on that planet.
article_snippet: And in reaching for that goal, we can cultivate commercial development of the moon, the asteroid belt, the Red Planet itself and beyond… . '
article_snippet: We lead and establishing a rotating permanence on Mars for science and commercial resources. '
highlights_snippet: ** to Mars'
  The veteran NASA astronaut has written a series of columns stressing the importance of space exploration .