can send humans to orbit mars and return safely to earth. landing on mars will follow and i expect to be around to see it. [ applause ] in the short term american astronaut wills rely on spacecraft from private corporations and russia. apollo xi astronaut buzz aldrin supports the new plan. he rode on air force 1 to cape canaveral but was apparently not impressed by a plan that couldn t make it into orbit. our top political story, also from the president. he made a stop in miami speaking at a democratic national committee fundraiser. no surprise, he had taxes and tea partiers on his mind. since today happens to be tax day [ laughter ] i should just point out that one-third of the recovery act went to tax cuts. tax cuts that strengthened the