The final countdown has begun to the end of manned spaceflights by NASA, leaving some to fret that the nation’s dreams of reaching for the stars may be in jeopardy under President Barack Obama’s controversial plan to commercialize spaceflight.
Obama on April 15 will make the case for the most radical change of direction in NASA’s history, wading into a debate laden with emotion, big bucks and ambitions that united a nation in a race to the moon a half-century ago.
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