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  • Obama Panel: High Costs Will Keep Moon Plan Grounded

    09/08/2009 5:09:50 PM PDT · by Red in Blue PA · 29 replies · 1,508+ views
    Foxnews ^ | 9/8/2009 | Staff
    WASHINGTON — A White House panel of independent space experts says NASA's return-to-the-moon plan just won't fly. The problem is money. The expert panel estimates it would cost about $3 billion a year beyond NASA's current $18 billion annual budget. "Under the budget that was proposed, exploration beyond Earth is not viable," panel member Edward Crawley, a professor of aeronautics at MIT, told The Associated Press Tuesday.