Re: I'm amazed that more of you Zoners aren't upset.
From BadAstronomy
Remember: the way we’ve been doing things for 40 years has gotten us literally in circles. It’s perhaps long past time to shake things up and try something different. In my previous posts on this (see Related Posts at the bottom), people are complaining that Obama is killing our Moon plans and gutting NASA. That’s simply not true. I think this may very well save NASA and our future manned exploration capabilities, if this is all done correctly.
I personally never believed the recent moon plans would ever come to fruition. Without the Space Race, Congress is not interested in funding unless it is pork for their own districts.