NASA Focuses on Developing New Moon Craft

Yeah, yeah we know. Science programs are getting the short shrift at NASA. Sorry, but it's got to be done. We need the Crew Exploration Vehicle ASAP so we can retire the Shuttle.

It is unfortunate though. I wish we could do it all.

"NASA has delayed two programs that search for planets capable of supporting life as the space agency instead focuses on developing a new manned spacecraft to return to the moon in the next decade.

The delayed SIM PlanetQuest and Terrestrial Planet Finder missions, managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, aim to determine whether there are Earth-like planets beyond our solar system with conditions suitable for life or developing in that direction. "