> Huh? I thought NASA's moon program is, unfortunately, still alive and sorta > on schedule. We're abandoning our plans for a space station after our > commitments are done and putting all our eggs into Ares/Orion.
As of this moment, it still is alive. However, a White House panel of experts has recommended canceling the moon plan in favor of other ways to get to Mars. I wish they'd recommended canceling the whole manned space program instead. It's staggeringly expensive and serves no clear purpose. Satellites and robots can do far more for far less. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
