Obama cancels Moon return project

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"President Barack Obama has cancelled the American project designed to take humans back to the Moon." - BBC
Sadly in the latest round of cutbacks the US President has shelved NASAs Constellation project, but he has pledged an additional $6bn to NASA for its other projects, including a paln to license private companies to develop launch platforms.