Constellation could have been implemented, if given thought. It was easier for Obama to have the committee kill it with the "unaffordable" poison pill.
Webb has fed people for many years and now the waiter has brought the bill.
I didn't hear so many from that table getting too upset when those at the lunar return table were being evicted.
Obama has successfully pitted all NASA groups against each other and counted on the hate-NASA crowd to do the rest -- and like vultures they flocked in for their feed.
I guess we look at it differently. I see NASA as a bloated government program with constant budgetary issues that politicians use as a tool to get money from federal budget to their state. I know NASA current budget isn’t a large percentage, but I don’t see how throwing more money at it will fix the institution as a whole. I just lean more towards private enterprise over government agencies in general.