- Title: USA: NASA ANNOUNCES PLANS TO RETURN HUMANS TO THE MOON BY 2018
- Date: 24th October 2005
- Summary: (BN14) WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 19, 20050 (NASA TV) 1. ANIMATION OF PROPOSED PLAN FOR SHUTTLE DERIVED VEHICLE LAUNCHING INTO ORBIT (VARIOUS) 2. PORTIONS OF VEHICLE FALLING AWAY IN ORBIT, VEHICLE REMAINS IN ORBIT TO AWAIT CREW VEHICLE 3. LIFTOFF OF CREW VEHICLE 4. FIRST STAGE DROPS OFF SECOND STAGE DEPLOYS 5. MODULE IN ORBIT (VARIOUS) 6. DOCKING MANOEUVRE OF TWO VEHICLES 7. LUNAR LANDING VEHICLE CARRYING CREW DESCENDING 8. VARIOUS OF VEHICLE ON MOON'S SURFACE 9. CREW EXITING LUNAR VEHICLE 10. VEHICLE LIFTOFF AFTER FOUR TO SEVEN DAYS STAY ON THE MOON 11. CREW DEPARTS FOR EARTH IN CEV (CREW EXPLORATION VEHICLE) 12. SERVICE MODULE SEPARATES, COMMAND MODULE RE-ENTERS 13. LANDING POINT TOUCH DOWN 14. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE 15. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NASA ADMINISTRATOR MICHAEL GRIFFIN SAYING: "We believe this architecture which is the product of an intensive summer of work by hundreds of folks here at the agency, achieves those goals in the most cost effective, efficient manner that we could do it. It fits within the available budget without asking for new money and does so in as timely a manner as we could discern." 16. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE 17. (SOUNDBITE) (English) GRIFFIN SAYING: "The space program is a long-term investment in our future. We must deal with our short-term problems without sacrificing our long-term investments in our future. When we have a hurricane, we don't cancel the Air Force, we don't cancel the Navy and we're not going to cancel NASA." 18. REPORTERS 5.33 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
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