First moonwalker blasts Obama's space plan - Space- msnbc.com - 0 views
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The first man to walk on the moon blasted President Barack Obama’s decision to cancel NASA’s back-to-the-moon program on Tuesday, saying that the move is “devastating” to America’s space effort.
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The most controversial part of the president's policy is the cancellation of the Constellation program, which was aimed at developing a new generation of Ares rockets and Orion spacecraft to send astronauts into Earth orbit and beyond.
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Obama administration determined that the Constellation program could not fulfill NASA's goals on the required timetable.
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