Work continues on the moon landing program even though there is no sign whatsoever in the MSM news.
spacedaily.com
NASA’s Constellation Program has selected five space-related companies to receive contract awards for a 210-day study to independently evaluate NASA’s in-house design concept for a lunar lander that will deliver four astronauts to the surface of the moon by 2020.
Wow..How cool would that be? I would imagine after 500 days of being able to snoop around and explore, would reveal some interesting new stuff, and would no doubt be a step towards a permanent lunar outpost.
That would be well worth the expense and effort IMO.