Back to the Moon!

Things are finally starting to look up:

The United States can return to the moon with human explorers by 2018 at a cost of $104 billion by relying on crew capsules similar to those used in the Apollo program and rocketry inherited from the space shuttle, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said Monday.

"Think of this as Apollo on steroids," the space agency chief said.

(Add sound effect: Applause) Thank you NASA! The money is going to be there and the people are going to watch every step of the way!