Recently NASA asked President Obama for $150 billion to send another man to the moon. Due to the current economic recession, such funds are unavailable. Instead, for $200 million + $250 million for the rocket, the US is sending a human robot to the moon.
The NASA and General Motors Built Robonaut [written about a few months earlier on OE Tech] will be sent to the moon in about 1000 days. The Robonaut [top half] was sent to the international space station last Wednesday.
"Project M also draws on other NASA projects that were already under way, including rocket engines that burn liquid oxygen and methane — a cheap and nontoxic fuel combination — and an automated landing system that could avoid rocks, cliffs and other hazards." New York Times
Sources: [New York Times] [NASA Project M Video]
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