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Armstrong, Cernan Testify Against Obama Space Plan

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the future-is-boring dept.

MarkWhittington submitted a story about the first man to walk on the moon testifying yesterday that President Barack Obama's plans to revamp the human space program would cede America's longtime leadership in space to other nations.

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  1. One lone protester by CompressedAir · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As I came back from lunch today, I saw a single retiree-looking gentleman standing on the corner of Saturn and NASA Rd. 1 with a sign protesting the Obama plan. That's here at JSC, home of the astronauts.

    I dunno, maybe more people will join him once work lets out. As someone who works in this industry, I still remain on the record saying that the current plan is the best one NASA has had since the Shuttle was a dream given form*.

    * Not quite the form it should have been, though.