Submission + - NASA Constellation Program Cancelled (whitehouse.gov)
cyberfringe writes: The Office of Management and Budget has just published fact sheets for the proposed budgets of US government departments and agencies. As expected, NASA's Constellation program to return to the Moon is cancelled. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/main/index.html The Fact Sheet states "the program was over budget, behind schedule, and lacking in innovation due to a failure to invest in critical new technologies". The budget allocates an additional $6 billion for NASA over the next five years. When combined with the savings from the Constellation cancellation, the budget calls for prodigious amounts of new R&D in a variety of areas crucial for high capability and cost effective future space exploration.
