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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrbvM5HuQRE

Senator Richard Shelby has stated "It is unfortunate that this administration is choosing to abandon our nation's only chance at remaining the leader in human space flight. It is ironic that Constellation, a program born out of the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, would be eliminated in lieu of rockets repeatedly deemed unsafe for astronauts by NASA's own Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel." Shelby argues further, "If this budget is enacted, NASA will no longer be an agency of innovation and hard science; it will be the agency of pipe dreams and fairy tales."

"As I see it, the commission didn't find anything wrong with the current program, didn't find anything safer, more reliable, cheaper or faster," former NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin has testified to Congress. "The roots are healthy. So why throw away four years and $8 billion pulling the flowers? Let's apply some plant nutrient and watch them grow.... Exactly why does the policy which we established in law – twice – need to be changed?"[26] According to Griffin, NASA spending has declined approximately 20% since 1993

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Constellation program. Repeatedly cut back.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_program

O'Bama is set on continuing the 4-Year old tradition of cancelling ALL serious Space/Moon/Mars Missions and exploration. Who does he think he is - an Alien; a Vulcan Ambassador to Earth?

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"That's as far as you go Naughty Children. Be back before 10pm curfew."

Some Official NASA images of the Nuclear Rocket Engine development program.

http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~5~5~24334~127719?qvq=w4s:/what/Launch+Abort+System+(LAS)/where/Nevada;sort:Title%2CDate;lc:NVA2~25~25,NVA2~81~81,NVA2~57~57,NVA2~31~31,NVA2~60~60,NVA2~33~33,NVA2~26~26,NVA2~74~74,NVA2~36~36,NVA2~62~62,NVA2~56~56,NVA2~55~55,NVA2~54~54,NVA2~45~45,NVA2~35~35,NVA2~53~53,NVA2~75~75,NVA2~29~29,NVA2~27~27,NVA2~17~17,NVA2~84~84,NVA2~85~85,NVA2~46~46,NVA2~30~30,NVA2~44~44,NVA2~16~16,NVA2~47~47,NVA2~48~48,NVA2~61~61,NVA2~19~19,NVA2~52~52,NVA2~4~4,NVA2~1~1,nasaNAS~22~22,NVA2~20~20,nasaNAS~8~8,nasaNAS~10~10,NVA2~15~15,nasaNAS~13~13,nasaNAS~5~5,NVA2~18~18,NVA2~23~23,NVA2~8~8,nasaNAS~16~16,nasaNAS~2~2,NVA2~34~34,NVA2~14~14,nasaNAS~7~7,nasaNAS~6~6,NVA2~24~24,NVA2~13~13,nasaNAS~9~9,nasaNAS~4~4,NVA2~58~58,NSVS~3~3,NVA2~9~9,nasaNAS~20~20,nasaNAS~12~12,NVA2~21~21,NVA2~22~22,NVA2~78~78,NVA2~63~63,NVA2~49~49,NVA2~50~50,NVA2~51~51,NVA2~28~28,NVA2~43~43,NVA2~38~38,NVA2~80~80,NVA2~32~32,NVA2~37~37,NVA2~39~39,NVA2~41~41,NVA2~42~42,NVA2~59~59,NVA2~76~76,NVA2~82~82,NVA2~79~79,NVA2~86~86&mi=3&trs=19

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 .. Or would it all, in the long-tradition of NASA unexpected, unforeseens, been an inevitable accident, just waiting to happen. As old Murphy himself would assure us all. If it can go wrong, it will go wrong.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007qbdb/Stephen_Baxter_Voyage_1980_Apollo_N/