Following the Augustine commission Obama has chosen to completely dismantle the Constellation program and both spacecraft, which were to be Ares I, Ares V, and Orion. So now we go from fleeting visible progress to no progress, and a vague promise of some R&D money being given to private companies. Now I am not one to complain when government shrinks, except in this. What we are saying is, ok, we're done, you go China, put men on the moon, mars and beyond.