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China Scrubs Moon Mission Plans

Posted by michael on from the couldn't-hold-breath-long-enough dept.

Jim McCoy writes "CNN is reporting that according to China's state media, plans for a manned moon mission have been shelved due to cost. They are planning on a space station though..."

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  1. Common problem by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Funny

    The found that after going to the moon, they'd have to go again in an hour. The additive cost was just too much.

  2. Re:Ha! They were right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    licencing costs alone for the 'Moon' Studio were unreasonable. not to mention time and costs for actually shooting the video and then killing all the witnesses... do you know how much red tape there is in killing witnesses, add to it the 'reasonable death' stories... creative people cost way too much.