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NASA Can’t Reach Moon With Current Budget, Panel Concludes

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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic A blue-ribbon panel's final report on NASA's future, which casts doubt on the viability of the Constellation moon mission, was delivered yesterday to President Obama. The White House yesterday released the executive summary of the report of the Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans Committee, chaired by retired Lockheed Martin [LMT] CEO Norman Augustine. The Augustine panel was asked to study options for NASA's human spaceflight program and will report on their findings to the Director of…

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