Obama’s plan to end NASA’s moon trip sounds like the wrong stuff to cities with space jobs

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Obama plan worries cities that rely on space jobs

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — President Barack Obama’s decision to drop NASA’s back-to-the-moon program is creating an outrage in cities that depend on space jobs.

In Huntsville in north Alabama, some worry the plan to shift America’s space program will also hurt the country’s spirit and inspiration.

Huntsville is where German rocket scientists first figured out how to send people to the moon. There are currently 2,500 people working at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville on the $100 billion moon project.

Those jobs aren’t in any immediate danger because Congress still must approve Obama’s budget proposal. But the president’s plan is certainly a jolt to the area.

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle is asking Obama to reconsider. He says the cuts will affect jobs as well as the country’s space psyche.