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NASA's Constellation Program
White House Budget Office
American astronauts will not return to the moon as planned if U.S. Congress passes President Obama's proposed budget. Obama's budget -- which aims to cut funding in certain areas while increasing money used to create job -- would cancel NASA's Constellation Program. The programme has sought to send astronauts back to the moon by 2020. NASA's programme also intended to study the idea of establishing a moon colony. The programme was set to follow the U.S. space agency's shuttle missions, which are due to end in September. On its Website, the White House Budget Office says the programme to send astronauts to the moon is behind schedule, over budget and overall less important than other space investments. "Using a broad range of criteria, an independent review panel determined that even if fully funded, NASA's programme to repeat many of the achievements of the Apollo era 50 years later, was the least attractive approach to space exploration as compared to potential alternatives," the site says.
如果美国国会通过了奥巴马总统提交的预算案，美国宇航员将不会按计划的回到月球。 奥巴马的预算案旨在削减在一些领域的资金用来增加就业岗位。其中就包括取消NASA的空间项目。 这个项目在寻求把宇航员在2020年之前送月球。同时也在研究建立月球殖民地。 该计划原定于在美国宇航局飞船任务之后并于9月份结束。 在它的网站上，白宫预算办公室表示该送宇航员到月球的项目落后于计划且超过预算了。同时相对其他宇宙投资更为次要。 网站同时表示， 通过范围广泛的标准， 审查小组决定即使充分资助该项目，NASA想在50年后重新实现阿波罗时代所取得的成就，与其他潜在选择相比，仍然是空间探索中最不具吸引力的一步。 ——译文来自: 风动静泉