2008 lunar orbiter pressing on despite cut
NASA's 2008 Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is pressing on despite having its fiscal year 2005 budget slashed by appropriators from its $70 million request to $10 million. Due to launch in 2008, the orbiter is to map the lunar surface in unprecedented detail, scouting for resources and paving the...
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