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...centuries ago, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark left St. Louis to explore the new lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase," George W. Bush said, announcing his desire for a program to send men and women to Mars. "They made that journey in the spirit of discovery ... America has ventured forth into space for the same reasons...
...there are vital differences between Lewis and Clark's expedition and a Mars mission. First, Lewis and Clark were headed to a place amenable to life; hundreds of thousands of people were already living there. Second, Lewis and Clark were certain to discover places and things of immediate value to the new nation. Third, the Lewis and Clark venture cost next to nothing by today's standards. In 1989 NASA estimated that a people-to-Mars program would cost $400 billion, which inflates to $600 billion today. The Hoover Dam cost $700 million in today's money, meaning that sending...
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...also business. "You can't be successful and have longevity in this business," he says, "if you don't have a business plan." Under Seacrest's thoroughly modern metrosexual exterior beats the heart of a septuagenarian Hollywood dinosaur. Among his idols, he says, are Larry King and Dick Clark, and Seacrest turned to the latter for advice on how to transform a spiffy smile and an affinity for what the kids like into a TV-production empire...
...first day of On-Air. He continually mocks his fussiness over his clothes and hair. (As for the ensuing rumors about his sexuality, however, Seacrest has taken pains to mention his girlfriend on air.) His limitations are his talent. Unlike Carson Daly, his closest analog in the next--Dick Clark sweepstakes, he has no Lothario smolder about him, no sense that he's as much of a player as the celebrities he interviews. "He gets into the guests the same way the fans do," says Robb Dalton, the 20th Television executive who signed Seacrest for On-Air. All this sends...