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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
NASA officials this morning said the agency is not retreating from human space flight. The agency was responding to critics who contended that President Barack Obama's proposed 2011 budget, released yesterday, would end all such programs and thus result in a serious decline in the US space program.
The space agency had announced yesterday that Obama's plan would scrap NASA's latest plan to return humans to the moon by 2020. The budget instead aims to turn NASA's immediate attention to developing new engines, in-space fuel depots and robots that can venture out into space, paving the way for future missions that would return humans to the lunar surface.Bolden said he supports the new Obama administration budget plan, which calls for NASA to hire private companies to build space taxis that would shuttle astronauts to the International Space Station. The old Constellation plan, which already has cost $9 billion, was behind schedule, and was projected to ultimately be over budget.Bolden also publicly thanked the people who worked for several years on the Constellation project.
The space agency had announced yesterday that Obama's plan would scrap NASA's latest plan to return humans to the moon by 2020. The budget instead aims to turn NASA's immediate attention to developing new engines, in-space fuel depots and robots that can venture out into space, paving the way for future missions that would return humans to the lunar surface.Bolden said he supports the new Obama administration budget plan, which calls for NASA to hire private companies to build space taxis that would shuttle astronauts to the International Space Station. The old Constellation plan, which already has cost $9 billion, was behind schedule, and was projected to ultimately be over budget.Bolden also publicly thanked the people who worked for several years on the Constellation project.
