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To the moon. check it out. >> 3, 2, 1, fire. >> shepard: and that, they tell us, is the most powerful solid rocket fuel engine ever. but nasa might never get to use it the president has proposed scrapping the constellation rocket program to help balance the budget. just ahead with a hurricane watch already issued for north carolina's coast, we'll check in with the extreme weather center for the very latest on hurricane earl as it heads our way. we're waiting for president obama's oval office address on the end of officially u.s. combat operations in iraq. that is but 12 minutes away. bret baie...

Some say the president will adjust remarks thursday in wake of the letter. >> reporter: it not clear what the cause an-of- and affect was, they are sensitive to criticism since they announced we will not be going to the moon again after all. the president putting an end to the george w. bush initiative a constellation rocket program it was called. this program would have taken us to the moon, done a few other things. president obama wanted to change direction. those three legendary astronauts you mentioned called that a downhill slide to mediocrity. they said in the letter obtained by nbc news...