Wow American congress does not want to fund people to go to Mars. Article from slashdot.org:

How To Beat Congress’s Ban Of Humans On Mars

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 05, @11:00AM
from the or-just-stop-spending-on-wars dept.

An anonymous reader writes “Earlier this year, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban humans on Mars at NASA: “Provided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be used for any research, development, or demonstration activities related exclusively to the human exploration of Mars.” The bill is held up in Congress and the anti-Mars language may be taken out. But in case the Mars ban becomes law, the Space Review has a handy guide on how NASA can beat the ban and continue its research and development without breaking the law.”