by Mike Krumboltz Plans for a trip back to the moon were put on the back burner when President Obama announced a different strategy for NASA. Not even some of America's most famous astronauts can agree if it's a good idea. What Obama is proposing... In a major space policy speech made in front of NASA workers, the president announced that missions to the moon, also known as the Constellation program , would be scrapped. The changes represent a completely new vision for NASA.