On Feb 1, 10:12*am, Mike wrote:
the Congressional Black Caucus and many anti-science liberals got
their wishes....

Moon-travel boosters. The budget adds $6 billion to NASA's budget over
five years, extending the International Space Station, but it abandons
the Constellation program to return humans to the moon. Instead, it
directs NASA to invest in the development of U.S. commercial space
taxi services to ferry astronauts to the space station.

I concur entirely. Bleeding hearts....Great nations are supposed to be
able to do great things, even in sour times. But congress has to
approve, and many members with ties to NASA have already vowed to
fight this proposal.