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Well, now in an extraordinary move, neil awm strong and two fellow apollo astronauts are calling the plan, quote, devastating, quote, to nasa and to the stature of the united states, writing, quote, without the skill and experience that actual spacecraft operation provides, the usa is far too likely to be on ab long downhill slide to mediocrity. major garrett live in washington with more on this. as not just those astronauts but at least 20 others, major, have come out and criticized the president's plan for nasa, the white house finds itself on the defensive. >> reporter: that's right. basica...

Statement smacking down the president's plan. in it, he says, quote, while the president's plan envisages humans traveling away from earth and perhaps mars in the future, the lack of developed rocket and spacecraft will assure that ability will not be available for many years without the skill and experience that actual spacecraft operation provides. the usa is far too likely to be on a long downhill slide to immedia mediocrity. we should institute a program which will give us the very best chance of achief that goal. i missed the headline here. that's neil armstrong. neil armstrong, former as...