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=/\= well yet again, nasa dissappoints me...
« on: June 14, 2010, 06:53:43 pm »
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article7149543.ece

sigh, nasa kills manned moon mission... again...

the reason had BETTER BE that they need to fund the mars mission or i will be really pissed.
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Re: =/\= well yet again, nasa dissappoints me...
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2010, 08:54:45 pm »
The reason is that the Administration killed it a while ago, but NASA kept the people on the payroll because members of congress were like, "Wait a second... WE control the purse strings, not you."  The Administration finally called NASA the other day and said you can't continue to work on this, or you can, but your people aren't getting paid for it.

So really, its not killed again, its: "What part of CANCELLED, don't you understand?"  Extremely short-sighted? Yes.  But perhaps with this upcoming solar storm, it might be best to keep our heads low for the next few years.
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