NASA today announced, that by mid year 2000, the United States will be
returning to the Moon after a 20 year absence. The Project Manager for
the Lunar landing stated that the missions' primary objective was ecological
in nature .The Project Manager was quoted as saying, "We are going back
to the Moon to repair the damage caused by the previous rock collecting
missions. We're going to clean up the garbage left behind by those missions
too!"
A NASA spokesperson also stated that during the mission, the Moons Light
will be turned off for 6 hours during scheduled maintenance and repair.
NASA said they hope that the turning off of the Moons Light is not an inconvenience
and does not cause any undue anxiety.
