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Obama Choosing NOT To Go To the Moon

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the selling-out-the-future dept.

bonch writes "Obama's budget proposal will contain no funding for the Constellation program, which was to send astronauts to the moon by 2020. Instead, NASA will be focused on terrestrial science, such as monitoring global warming. One anonymous official said: 'We certainly don't need to go back to the moon.'"

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  1. Noooo!!! by elstonj · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Are you kidding? Manned spaceflight is one of the most interesting things we do, Earth observing, while necessary, is boring. I'm glad China or India is going to beat us back to the moon because we're more interested in providing healthcare to lazy people.

  2. Proof Democrats are worthless by tjstork · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Let's face it, we've just got a bunch of homeboys up in DC now looting for every last federal cent to dole out to crackheads. That's great, instead of putting more people in space and on the moon, my tax dollars can now finance a bunch of crackwhores getting abortions and methadone.

    We now officially have a government of the crooked, stealing on behalf of the useless.

    Way to go, socialists, you win.

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