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Maria Littlefield, chief technologist with the Launch Services Program Office, talks to the media at the NASA-KSC News Center after viewing President George W. Bushs message on the future of NASA. The President stated his goals for NASAs new mission: Completing the International Space Station, retiring the Space Shuttle orbiters, developing a new crew exploration vehicle, and returning to the moon and beyond within the next two decades. Pres. Bush was welcomed by NASA Administrator Sean OKeefe and Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, who greeted him from the International Space Station.