The House committee that oversees NASA has begun to debate whether to back NASA's current proposal to bring a small asteroid into lunar orbit and send astronauts to explore it, or to build a manned lunar base. Both are seen by their proponents as the next step towards developing the capability to go to Mars.
Why not do both? The asteroid mission is a one-shot deal, whereas establishing a lunar base would be an ongoing exploration project. An asteroid mission could be folded into the larger program. To really open up space, we must get beyond the notion that NASA can only do one manned program at a time.
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