The DoE's letter saying it would condition Montana's funding comes in response to Juneau's defiance of the law's statute about increasing intermediate goals for Annual Yearly Progress. (huffingtonpost.com)
If you keep the ultimate goal in mind, you won't screw up by forcing intermediate goals that don't really help you, and just frustrate the listener. (techcrunch.com)
Mars is «the ultimate destination» for human exploration, but the commission recommends first tackling more attainable yet exciting intermediate goals, such as visiting asteroids and the two small Martian moons. (discovermagazine.com)