Futurehead.com

  • Decrease font size
  • Default font size
  • Increase font size

"We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology."

 

Carl Sagan

Error
  • The most recent request was denied because it contained an invalid security token. Please refresh the page and try again.
  • The most recent request was denied because it contained an invalid security token. Please refresh the page and try again.
Barack Obama to drop Nasa moon mission in budget cutbacks
Monday, 01 February 2010 12:51

Nasa's plans to send a manned mission to the moon and launch the US into a bold new era of space exploration are likely to remain on the ground today when Barack Obama unveils his budget.

The president wants to cut back or abandon 120 government programmes to help rein in the US deficit – among them the funding of the US space administration – as part of the $3.8tn (£2.4tn) budget.

According to the Washington Post, Obama will seek to shelve the $81bn Constellation programme, which called for a return to the moon by 2020 and human landings on Mars by the middle of the century. The plans were laid out by his predecessor, George Bush, in 2004.

Read full article

 

The Futurehead poll

Fusion energy - when will we achieve it?
 

Futurehead Recommends

Technology Quotes of the Day

The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.
Peter Drucker

Brain Quotes of the Day

When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
Mark Twain

Evolution Quotes of the Day

Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as a properly scientific subject at all. This claim is rhetorical nonsense.
Stephen Jay Gould

Diffusion Science Radio

GAY MUMS, TELOMERES, TRANSSEXUAL CLOWNFISH »»
G-spot, wealth and nanotechnology »»
Luna Park, ant martyrs, dopamine bees rave »»
Dr Rachie vs anti-vax, and DSM psycho »»