Vol. 163 No. 4
COVER
FIRST THE ROVER LANDS, AND NOW BUSH WANTS TO SEND PEOPLE. WE CAN DO IT EVEN FASTER THAN PLANNED, BUT HERE'S WHAT IT WILL TAKE
Any Votes In The Cosmos? (Cover Story / Space)
Why Go Back to the Moon? (Cover Story / Space)
So You Want To Be An Astronaut? (Cover Story / Space)
NATION
Clinton may be everyone's campaign consultant, but that does not mean the former President defines his party anymore--or that he ever really did
Scoping Out the Volunteers (Campaign '04)
The Question All the Candidates Must Face
Can you make us feel safe? Not every Democrat has a convincing answer
WORLD
With Saddam in captivity, are Islamic extremists playing a larger role in the anti-U.S. insurgency?
The Monster Within
Once nurtured by Musharraf, the violent group Jaish-e- Muhammad now seems bent on killing him
SOCIETY
Native Americans claim the U.S. mismanaged their oil and gas legacies it promised to protect
NOTEBOOK
Verbatim
Who's Sitting in 14D?
Trying To Build A Democracy In Iran
Performance Of The Week
First Ladies In Training
Sex Education in Amherst
Numbers
Milestones (Milestones)
27 Years Ago In TIME (Milestones)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Someday people may walk on the planet, but not until it makes technological sense
Table Of Contents (Table Of Contents)
Why We Want To Meet The Missus
BUSINESS
It's not just the low fares. The discounters are beating the major airlines on cabin comforts too
Dimon's Jewel
A megamerger gives Bank One's hard-hitting CEO a chance to settle the score with Citigroup
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
How does a hit movie go from the free market to the black market? TIME retraces the trail
A Pirate And His Penance (Movies)
Shallow like a Fox (Television)
Ryan Seacrest of American Idol and On-Air hopes to turn pop fluff into an empire. Go ahead and laugh
That Rascally Rapper (Music)
Dizzee Rascal may be England's most original hip-hop voice, but good luck trying to figure him out
Less Than Letter Perfect (Television)
Aiming to make lesbians visible in the Queer Eye era, The L Word is lusty but otherwise lackluster
Portrait Of A Medieval Lady (Books)
The author of Girl with a Pearl Earring offers a paint-by-the-numbers tale of mysterious tapestries
A Bright Hope In A Sad Land (Movies)
The first post-Taliban film from Afghanistan stirs the heart with its story of a girl in a man's world
YOUR TIME
The Sweetest Rate (Money)
Shopping for a car? Here's a step-by-step guide to financing your purchase
A Strategy of Their Own? (Money)
The Virtual Virtuoso (Technology)
Apple's GarageBand puts a full-scale recording studio at your fingertips
A Pocketful Of Digital Videos (Technology)
My Phone's Smarter Than Yours (Technology)
Winter Games (Health)
You can still exercise when the mercury dips, but do it carefully
Fixing Lazy Eyes (Health)
Hidden Signs Of Stroke (Health)
Did The Shot Work? (Health)
SPECIAL SECTION
Because They're Worth It (Time Bonus Section February 2004: Global Business / Marketing)
L'Oreal's marketing tilt toward Asians and blacks makes its growth prospects prettier
Guys Just Aren't Buying It (Time Bonus Section February 2004: Global Business / Marketing)
Total Clean Up (Time Bonus Section February 2004: Global Business / Big Oil)
The $125 billion European oil giant is embracing ethics and environmentalism as it does profit. But it's not easy being green
People to Watch in International Business (Time Bonus Section February 2004: Global Business / World Beaters)
Top Stocks For 2004 (Time Bonus Section February 2004: Global Business / Investing)
Dividends matter. The new tax law and market metrics will favor companies that pay
Dubai's Oasis (Time Bonus Section February 2004: Global Business / The Global Life)
It's the fun city of the gulf, and a rapidly developing vacation paradise
PEOPLE
Out Of The Picture
Pretrial Motions
Role of a Lifetime
10 Questions For Bob Dole (Interview)