Intriguing people for February 1, 2010

02/01/10 Sen. Bill Nelson President Obama on Monday unveiled his annual budget for fiscal year 2011. Obama is proposing to cancel the Constellation Program that President Bush launched in 2004. Such a move would make it impossible to return to the moon in the next 10 years, although it would extend the mission of the international space station to 2020. There are also incentives for private companies to ...

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AL and FL Lawmakers begin push to Stop NASA from canceling Constellation

03/18/10 WASHINGTON D.C., (WAFF) - U.S. Senators George LeMieux (R-FL) and Jeff Sessions (R-AL) launched an effort to prohibit the termination of the Constellation Program, NASA's program to replace the soon-to-be-retired space shuttle Thursday.

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Boychuk/Schmeiser: Is the space race over for the U.S.?

07/14/11 With the Space Shuttle Atlantis finishing its final mission, the U.S. space program has reached a critical turning point. President Barack Obama in 2010 canceled the Constellation Program, ending exactly 50 years of U.S. manned space flight.

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