China struggles for space entrepreneurs

Asia Times ^ | 09/17/09 | Peter J Brown

[KevinDavis]

An intensive review of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) future plans - for manned spaceflight programs in particular - is coming to a close. A summary report including several recommendations by the Review of US Human Space Flight Plans Committee has just been released. The authors say that NASA can still return US astronauts to the moon in the not too distant future, and even retain its vision to push ahead with a manned NASA spaceflight to Mars, but at a considerably slower pace and only if sufficient funds are approved by the US Congress.

[KevinDavis]

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[GeronL]

Dang... I think the US might be getting close to closing the door on private space ventures