America canceled the plan to bring people back to the Moon

The White House adviser in charge of aerospace sector said the US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) decided to cancel the plan to bring American astronauts back to the Moon, instead focusing make flights to space for commercial purposes.

The project to bring people back to the Moon and use the most natural and near-large natural satellites as the basis for trips to the Mars explorer was launched in 2004 under the former President's time. American George Bush.

The unnamed official did not specify the cause of canceling the project, but according to the "Florida Today" daily newspaper, it was due to a budget deficit in 2011 that President Barack Obama would explain to Congress. 1/2 day to.

More news that NASA will attempt to find a commercial solution to bring American astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), after the agency's shuttle launch program ends in September / 2010 as planned. One possibility is that American astronauts will "go through" Russia's "Union" (Soyuz) spacecraft, but Washington needs a commercial solution if Congress passes the White House plan to stop. Developed an alternative to the shuttle launch program.

It is expected that the US government may increase NASA funding by about US $ 5.9 billion over the next five years to promote research and development of a commercial solution to this problem, with the goal of The first commercial flight to ISS will be implemented in 2015.

It is known that so far, only the Russian Union (Soyuz) vessel has been able to ensure the safety of sending people to ISS for commercial purposes. Some billionaires in the world have spent $ 20 million on a tour of the Russian Combined ISS Station./.