http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/orl-augustine-committee-081209,0,5083311.story
Some of you may find this article of interest. Without saying so specifically, it looks like NASA may have to cancel the Constellation program. Seems it won't be able to fund it, at least for the next 20 years. The program could have been funded with international cooperation, but it seems NASA was never interested. The decision to develop the Constellation project using English units instead of metric sealed the fate of the project simply because it cut off the rest of the world from participating. NASA specifically and the US generally needs to realize quickly that it needs the rest of the world to keep it financed and making decisions that can isolate the US or its institutions is counter-productive. Simon
