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Obama Outlines Bold Space Policy ... But No Moon

Posted by timothy on from the all-things-to-all-people dept.

The Bad Astronomer writes "In front of a mostly enthusiastic audience at NASA's Kennedy Space Center today, President Obama outlined a bold, new space policy. It's a change from his previous policy; the Constellation rockets are still dead, but a new heavy-lift rocket system is funded. He specifically talked of manned asteroid and Mars missions, but also stated there would be no return to the Moon. This is a major step in the right direction, but still needs some tweaking."

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  1. No Moon by Gandalf_Greyhame · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "That's no moon!" /obligatory

    This is a moon - (_._)

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  2. Re:Too bad Obama doesn't share the American dream by Nathrael · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I love how certain readers of Slashdot keep substituting -1 Troll for "-1 Strongly Dislike And Wish To Censor".

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  3. Didn't we do the moon already? by OhHellWithIt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I distinctly remember several missions to the moon when I was a kid. Or were those faked?

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  4. no moon, indeed by juan2074 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's because the government has not yet announced its related plan to blow up the moon.

    You heard it here first.