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NASA Ends Plan To Put Man Back On Moon

Posted by timothy on from the tax-dollars-for-earthlings dept.

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."

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  1. Good Riddance by PiAndWhippedCream · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    The moon, you see, is a harsh mistress.

    YEAHHHHHHHH!

  2. Re:Look for the upside by catmistake · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    --
    The Admin and the Engineer
  3. Just shoot another one. by Renderer+of+Evil · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?