Huge Setback for Manned Space Program
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Just as NASA was starting to make progress on the Constellation program it appears that President Obama has pulled the plug. The President's new budget does not include any funding for the program, including the much discussed trip to the Moon.
Instead, NASA will be expected to begin buying seats on Russian rockets to fulfill our commitments to the International Space Station (ISS). Under this new plan NASA would be primarily responsible for monitoring climate change and developing a new rocket. The return mission to the Moon planned for 2020...? Scraped.
Perhaps I was just more out of the loop than I thought, but this came as a bit of a surprise to me. I figured that the President was going to recommend shifting focus to more short term goals (like meeting our commitments to the ISS), but I did not expect that we would be all but abandoning our space program. Now, that is a bit of an exaggeration, but it clearly shows a paradigm shift away from human exploration. I am disappointed to say the least. Hopefully this is a temporary setback, but only time will tell. What are you thoughts?
Image Credit: NASA
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