Back to the moon

....long overdue...

www.washingtontimes.com...

NASA, Ukraine prepare flights to moon

Kiev, Ukraine, Mar. 11 (UPI) -- NASA and the Ukrainian space agency are preparing unmanned flights to the moon under a joint project, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported.

Eduard Kuznetsov, deputy director general of the National Space Agency of Ukraine, said the first launch is scheduled for late 2006 or early 2007 and Ukraine will provide the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration with the Dnipro rocket.

Now if only we can get those manned flights going again.....

Agreed...

We should have been keying on going back to the moon instead of spending
billions of dollars to send people round and round the earth performing
high school experiments.

It's kina like saying your gong fishing but leaving your boat tied to the dock.
We need to cut that rope and head our looking for the big one.

The good thing is that China has already stated their determination to go
to the Moon. Maybe this will start the space race all over again. A little
friendly competition never hurt anyone!