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Manned space program too expensive: White House panel

September 11, 2009

Nasa’s plans to fly to the moon and Mars are under threat from a lack of funds and the space agency needs another $3 billion for its dreams to become reality, a presidential panel said. In a 12-page summary report released on Tuesday offering a bleak assessment of plans to send astronauts back to the [...]

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Manned space program too expensive: White House panel

September 10, 2009

Nasa’s plans to fly to the moon and Mars are under threat from a lack of funds and the space agency needs another $3 billion for its dreams to become reality, a presidential panel said. In a 12-page summary report released on Tuesday offering a bleak assessment of plans to send astronauts back to the [...]

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Robotic Obama debuts at Disney World

August 28, 2009

A robotic version of the US President, Mr Barack Obama, debuted at an event on Friday at the Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

The animated, speaking figure of Obama and some 1,000 newly-naturalized citizens attended the opening of a newly revamped Hall of Presidents at the theme park, the Miami Herald reported on its website.

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