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NASA wants a big budget increase for its lunar plans. Is Congress biting? – haveeruonline
Enlarge / NASA manager Jim Bridenstine says competition is good for the Artemis Moon program. Probability of NASA returning humans to the moon by 2024
Enlarge/ NASA manager Jim Bridenstine says competition is good for the Artemis Moon program.
Probability of NASA returning humans to the moon by 2024 longNot -0, but very close.
Perhaps the biggest short-term obstacle facing the space agency is funding. Specifically, NASA is asking for an additional $3.2 billion in fiscal year 2021, allowing contractors to build one or more landers to take astronauts to the lunar surface in high lunar orbit. This is a 12% increase in NASA’s overall budget.
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