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Despite uproar, Obama holds firm on NASA space exploration plans
Lawmakers and former astronauts have lambasted President Obama for scrapping a moon mission. Thursday, Obama will defend his vision for NASA space exploration through human spaceflight.
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Congress tries to alter Obama's plans for NASA
Upset over Obama's plans for NASA, two US lawmakers from Florida plan to introduce a bill that would keep the space shuttle launching through 2011 and throw a lifeline to the endangered moon exploration program Constellation.
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What's next for US spaceflight, if not the moon?
Under Obama's 2011 budget, NASA would cancel plans to put astronauts back on the moon by 2020 and hand off space-taxi services to private companies.
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Should nations fly to the moon together?
As exploring the heavens becomes more expensive, many experts think it is time for nations to band together to push humanity to the next threshold of space exploration.
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Augustine report: tough choices ahead on human spaceflight
If NASA's Constellation program is going to take astronauts to the moon or Mars, Obama will have to increase its budget, the Augustine report says.
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Is Bolden right for NASA?
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Atop new NASA leader's agenda: human spaceflight
The Constellation program is gearing up as the shuttle winds down. But other shuttle replacements have been scuttled before.
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