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September 19th, 2005, 07:01 PM
Nasa wants to send astronauts back to our old friend,
(CNN) -- NASA Administrator Michael Griffin rolled out NASA's plan for the future Monday, including new details about the spaceship intended to replace the shuttle and a timeline for returning astronauts to the moon in 2018.
The design for the new crew exploration vehicle (CEV) looks a lot like the Apollo-era spaceship that first took NASA to the moon a generation ago. It is a similarity that is not lost on Griffin.
"Think of it as Apollo on steroids," he told reporters at NASA headquarters in Washington.
Griffin said the total cost of the program spread out over 13 years will be $104 billion in 2005.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/09/19/nasa.moon/
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(CNN) -- NASA Administrator Michael Griffin rolled out NASA's plan for the future Monday, including new details about the spaceship intended to replace the shuttle and a timeline for returning astronauts to the moon in 2018.
The design for the new crew exploration vehicle (CEV) looks a lot like the Apollo-era spaceship that first took NASA to the moon a generation ago. It is a similarity that is not lost on Griffin.
"Think of it as Apollo on steroids," he told reporters at NASA headquarters in Washington.
Griffin said the total cost of the program spread out over 13 years will be $104 billion in 2005.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/09/19/nasa.moon/
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