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Showing posts with label U.S. Space Program. Show all posts
Showing posts with label U.S. Space Program. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Apollo Astronauts Decry Obama Space Plans

The U.S. shuttle program is ending this year. The U.S.
will have to catch a ride with Russia's Soyuz after that.

The Obama administration's vision for the future of manned space flight will bump the United States to "second or even third-rate" status as a space-faring nation, the commanders of three U.S. moon missions warned Wednesday.

The letter was signed by the first and last men to walk on the moon -- Neil Armstrong from Apollo 11 and Eugene Cernan from Apollo 17 -- and James Lovell, who commanded the heroic Apollo 13 flight.

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