Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, 20 July 1969, during the Apollo 11 mission. Aldrin is among those who support the ending of the planned Moon landing programme. NASA/ APFrom The Independent:
President's vision for Nasa rules out return to lunar surface – and divides Apollo astronauts.
Standing near the spot where the US launched its first space missions, Barack Obama attempted to sell his plans for the future of Nasa last night, predicting that his new programme for the space agency will protect thousands of jobs and send astronauts to Mars within his lifetime.
The President told a crowd of 200 people at the Kennedy Space Centre
at Cape Canaveral that he remains committed to space exploration, despite his controversial decision earlier this year to cancel plans for a new mission to the Moon.
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