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Can the heads of programme and heads of agency meetings shown above and described as TBC for their December and June 2010 dates really come about or will president Barack Obama end it all?
This diagram is from the joint NASA, ESA presentation for the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2009 in Daejeon, Korea about the outcomes of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG) workshops. The ISECG was formed as a forum for the world's space agencies to plan out a common lunar exploration future
But will the recommendations the new NASA administrator Charles Bolden will give to his president before the end of the year permanently postpone a truly international lunar exploration plan? This week's IAC might deliver the answers
on October 12, 2009 6:26 AM | Reply
Augustine's committee has recommended an international plan with partners on the critical path so we stop duplicating work and start going somewhere. Since this picture represents that, it sounds like this is exactly what Obama wants.
on October 12, 2009 10:20 PM | Reply
Well, looking at the approximate dates, it would appear that a firm go/no-go decision will be made in Feb-Mar 2010, so I say it's still on and there are always the inevitable delays aren't there!? So look to this time next year for that. ARES 1 flight coming up in two weeks...