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01-02-2010, 09:35
Obama budget ends return-to-moon plan
NASA to get $6 billion more, but for space station and commercialization
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President Barack Obama is essentially grounding efforts to return astronauts to the moon and instead is sending NASA in new directions with roughly $6 billion more, according to officials familiar with the plans.
A White House official confirmed Thursday that when next week’s budget is proposed, NASA will get an additional $5.9 billion over five years, as first reported in Florida newspapers.
Some of that money would extend the life of the International Space Station to 2020. It also would be used to entice companies to build private spacecraft to ferry astronauts to the space station after the space shuttle retires, said the official, who was not authorized to speak by name.
The money in the president’s budget is not enough to follow through with NASA’s Constellation moon landing plan initiated by President George W. Bush in 2004. An aide to an elected official who was told of Obama’s plans said the president is effectively ending the return-to-the-moon effort, even though $9.1 billion has already been spent. The aide asked that his name not be used because of the sensitivity of the discussions.
More >> (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35131431/ns/technology_and_science-space/)
This is why I’m not a big fan of a government style where the “winner takes it all”.
A coalition government is having disadvantages too, but at least they don’t change visions every 5 minutes.
If Bush was right or wrong about his return to the moon project, isn’t that important.
Fact is, that already a lot money is spend on this issue, and that today it’s landing in the garbage bin. Tomorrow, America will have maybe a Republican president and you can bet that he or she will cancel many Obama initiatives.
In the end, you don’t have a vision anymore and you’re wasting a lot taxpayers money. You are not only wasting money, you’re also demotivating many high talented people: it isn’t that fun to see that your years of efforts are demolished by a symbolic presidential signature.
Why are Republicans and Democrats not searching for a consensus in ALL important expensive issues?
It also seems that Obama is exaggerating with his change-mantra: Is “change” for the only matter of change, serving the public?
NASA to get $6 billion more, but for space station and commercialization
http://wdrblog.de/raumfahrt/images/cev1.jpg
President Barack Obama is essentially grounding efforts to return astronauts to the moon and instead is sending NASA in new directions with roughly $6 billion more, according to officials familiar with the plans.
A White House official confirmed Thursday that when next week’s budget is proposed, NASA will get an additional $5.9 billion over five years, as first reported in Florida newspapers.
Some of that money would extend the life of the International Space Station to 2020. It also would be used to entice companies to build private spacecraft to ferry astronauts to the space station after the space shuttle retires, said the official, who was not authorized to speak by name.
The money in the president’s budget is not enough to follow through with NASA’s Constellation moon landing plan initiated by President George W. Bush in 2004. An aide to an elected official who was told of Obama’s plans said the president is effectively ending the return-to-the-moon effort, even though $9.1 billion has already been spent. The aide asked that his name not be used because of the sensitivity of the discussions.
More >> (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35131431/ns/technology_and_science-space/)
This is why I’m not a big fan of a government style where the “winner takes it all”.
A coalition government is having disadvantages too, but at least they don’t change visions every 5 minutes.
If Bush was right or wrong about his return to the moon project, isn’t that important.
Fact is, that already a lot money is spend on this issue, and that today it’s landing in the garbage bin. Tomorrow, America will have maybe a Republican president and you can bet that he or she will cancel many Obama initiatives.
In the end, you don’t have a vision anymore and you’re wasting a lot taxpayers money. You are not only wasting money, you’re also demotivating many high talented people: it isn’t that fun to see that your years of efforts are demolished by a symbolic presidential signature.
Why are Republicans and Democrats not searching for a consensus in ALL important expensive issues?
It also seems that Obama is exaggerating with his change-mantra: Is “change” for the only matter of change, serving the public?