Obama Pays Tribute to the Astronauts of Apollo 11, NASA says the

President Obama on Monday in "for the mission of inspiration" of the nation, the space program because it was the 40th Anniversary of the moon, Apollo 11, surrounded by the former astronauts, the history.
An Obama Oval Office, photo shoot for the NASA's legendary past, represented by the former astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, and its future, represented by the new oath of Charles Bolden administrator of NASA and the Administrator Lori Garve partner.

"We are confident they will do everything in our power in the next decade of inspiration to the mission of NASA, said Obama, focusing on the new direction of NASA.

Obama pointed out that his grandfather sitting on the shoulders of Hawaii as a child of 8 years, the crew of Apollo with a flag and his grandfather heard that the Apollo mission is an example of how the Americans do what they have on their minds. "The team landed in the Pacific, on his return to the earth and held in Hawaii on the way back to the metropolis.

The President is no information about how NASA is once again the momentum of the Cold War, the race in the 1960s, the program of space to the astronaut on the moon's surface, only eight years after President John F. Kennedy has a national responsibility.

Obama hopes that the results of a test from top to bottom under the manned space flight by the end of August to examine the scope, budget and timetable for the flights after the retirement of the shuttle exploration fleet in 2010. The next generation of space vehicles is not inhabited USA for the supply by the year 2015, which led to a difference of five years in the U.S. starts a man in space.

Obama has spoken of how a group of astronauts that are outside of the tour by the nostalgia of the moon through the capital for an increased involvement of the pioneers of the exploration of space occupied, led by a return to the moon as a station on Mars.

Eugene Cernan on the last astronaut on the moon in 1972, said at a press conference at NASA headquarters in the countries can "restore the spirit of the assumption of risks, pioneer of the Apollo program.

"We have challenges, we must boldly, we had to take risks, we had the victims," said CERN.

exploration. "

Secretary of the White House press release, Robert Gibbs said that Obama is weighing the costs of options for human space flight is operating from independent audit, led by former aerospace executive Norman Augustine.

"I know that the government is determined to the exploration of space," said Gibbs. "We have said that during the campaign."