23rd July 2003, 2:46 PM
Nasa has its focus set towards a few things, all of which don't include a manned moon mission; they are planning and setting up an international space station, they are concentrating on the hubble space telescope with it's constant need to be fixed, and they are planning ideas for a new telescope that is going to see 10 times more than the hubble does. it should be launched within the next 15 years. for exploration purposes, the moon isn't their primary concern right now, rather it is mars. we are first going to try to send non-manned rovers to Mars, both of which were launched in the past few months and should land on mars in another 6-8 months (hopefully it will work this time!). the moon does not really need to be explored at the moment, nasa's hands are already full. too bad they don't have any more funding. :cuss: