Moonstruck, again. From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: September 20, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Jeremy Manier

Sep. 20--American astronauts could return to the moon by 2018 without big increases in the nation's budget for manned missions, NASA leaders said Monday, describing the spacecraft designed for the job as "Apollo on steroids."

The total cost of the moon initiative would be $104 billion spread over the next 13 years, NASA chief Michael Griffin said at a news conference in Washington, where he outlined the plan. The program would cost 55 percent less than the Apollo moon missions, accounting for inflation, and would take about five years longer than the ...

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