[James]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Cant believe I'm defending him but he might mean that NASA's plans for Mars involve the Moon as a stage of sorts
Doesn't mean of course that he knows where they both are in relation to each other

Yeah, it seems obvious to me that is what it meant: using the Moon as a staging post to eventually get to Mars.

I think Twitter is a very stupid and limited tool for discussing politics and policies. It's not great development that it has become such an important thing. It was originally only supposed to be a micro-blogging site eg. broadcasting what you were up to in a few words.