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 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - President Barack Obama's decision to scrap NASA's back-to-the-moon program in favor of private spacecraft created an outrage in places like Huntsville, where jobs depend on a return lunar trip.
The new direction has stirred more than paycheck concerns, though. Some in Huntsville, where German rocket scientists first figured out how to send people to the moon, believe the shift could crush America's spaceflight psyche.
"People here care about going to the moon. The last thing they want to do is have our astronauts become cargo on some company's space ship," said Dale Jackson, host of a morning radio show WVNN in Huntsville, which is nicknamed "Rocket City."
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