Constellation Program Cancelled?

President Obama, in his economic budget plan for 2011, plans to cut the Constellation program of NASA in light of the recent budget plans for reducing the nation's deficit. With the space shuttle set to retire this year, the canceling of the Constellation program, which planned to be the next step in manned spacecraft with the Orion capsule and Ares rocket, means NASA will have to  look to private companies to man their space ventures, not to mention scrap the hopes of returning to the moon by 2020.

 

Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle