A bit more about the cancellation of the moon program here: <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/os-no-moon-for-nasa-20100126,0,2770904.story" rel="nofollow">http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/os-no-moon-for-nas...</a><p>Hopefully their approach will be to further encourage private space travel.  A quote from Rand Simberg, an aerospace engineer: "It’s not NASA’s job to send a man to Mars. It’s NASA’s job to make it possible for the National Geographic Society to send a man to Mars."