NASA Ends Plan To Put Man Back On Moon

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from The Times Online: "NASA has begun to wind down construction of the rockets and spacecraft that were to have taken astronauts back to the Moon — effectively dismantling the US human spaceflight programme despite a congressional ban on its doing so. Legislators have accused President Obama's administration of contriving to slip the termination of the Constellation programme through the back door to avoid a battle on Capitol Hill."

Comments

Good Riddance

[PiAndWhippedCream]

Unless we can set up a colony there, it just isn't worth it.

The moon, you see, is a harsh mistress.

YEAHHHHHHHH!

Re:Good Riddance

[Macrat]

he moon, you see, is a harsh mistress.

The wife is worse when she finds out you have a mistress.

Re:Look for the upside

[catmistake]

I vote we just send you to the Moon... with no health insurance.

Just shoot another one.

[Renderer of Evil]

They should just shoot another Moon landing footage on a studio lot in Burbank. That should be enough for another 40 years of national bravado.

Except this time we'll do it in 3-D and put it on Pay-Per-View with heavy product placement. Doritos Moonwalk? Why Not?

Re:Good

[MichaelSmith]

The problem is, with whatever-will-replace-the-Shuttle system scrapped... we've got nothing capable of docking at IIS left.

I don't think IIS is involved. Its the International Space Station.

Re:The U.S. then cedes space dominance then?

[Macrat]

Don't forget the funding of that idiot "Blair" on "NASA Edge."

Re:Good

[catmistake]

"I Imagine Security," because running IIS, that's the only way you can sleep at night... a good imagination.

Re:Good

[Linker3000]

International In-space Station

Re:Look for the upside

[catmistake]

It's all a matter of perspective. From Sagan's perspective, we're already in space, on a great big blue space ship. Sure, it sorta only does this one loop, repeated... but if it's good enough for millions of NASCAR fans, it's good enough for you. We'll even let you drive, as long as you don't attempt to turn left.

Societal Fractal

[bill_mcgonigle]

The old ________ has finally caught up with itself and now without the ________ we must pay the penance for its mistakes and not having proper plans afterwards.

There, generalized that for you.