In 2004, D. Bush announced the creation of a program to return man to the moon. NASA should have received about 30-50 billion dollars for the implementation of this project.
For this program were developed:
- KK Orion (modification)
- PH Ares-1 for cargo delivery to Earth orbit
- PH Ares-5 for cargo delivery to the Moon orbit
- lunar module
- energy sources, radiation protection, etc.
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A crisis…
From the middle of last year, rumors began to circulate about Constellation about the discontinuation of the development of Ares-5, largely for financial reasons.
In December 2009 it became finally clear that in the original version the program will cease to exist.
However, the program was not just revised, but cut out at the root.
The development of Ares-1, Ares-5, the lunar module and the entire accompanying is terminated.
The released financial resources are planned to be spent on the development of private astronautics, renewing the Kennedy center, it is possible that heavy LVs will be developed, several thousand highly qualified engineers will be dismissed.
Today, at about 9 pm, the Constellation program will be officially announced. The flight to the moon is postponed at least until 2028, the flight to Mars is not considered at all.
The dream that a man will return to the moon and begin to master it is buried.
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