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NASA Plan to Return to the Moon

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'll-believe-it-when-i'm-sipping-tang dept.

sjoeboo writes "NASA briefed senior White House officials Wednesday on its plan to spend $100 billion during the next 12 years building the spacecraft and rockets it needs to put humans back on the Moon by 2018. The U.S. space agency now expects to roll out its lunar exploration plan to key Congressional committees on Friday and to the broader public through a news conference on Monday."

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  1. Why does it take so long? by ChickenFan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Project Mercury began in 1958 and 11 years later Project Apollo landed on the moon.

    You'd think, in this day and age, we could do it faster, cheaper, safer.

    Oh... US Government... I forgot.

    Sorry for the spam.