Trump requests sharp funding boost for NASA's Artemis moon program
Source: CBS News
The Trump administration is requesting $25.2 billion for NASA in fiscal 2021, a 12% increase that includes $3.3 billion to kickstart development of a human-rated lander for the Artemis moon program. Nearly half of the budget request, $12.3 billion, is devoted to new and ongoing projects focused on the return to the moon and eventual flights to Mars.
"This is a 21st century budget worthy of 21st century space exploration and one of the strongest budgets in NASA history," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. "If the president's support for NASA wasn't clear before, it should be obvious now."
NASA documents indicate it will cost about $35 billion to fund the Artemis moon program, as currently envisioned, through the first landing of a man and woman on the lunar surface in 2024. To make that happen, the budget request says NASA will need $25.2 billion in 2021, $27.2 billion in fiscal 2022, $28.6 billion in 2023, $28.1 billion in 2024 and $26.3 billion in 2025.
Whether a generally supportive Congress will go along with that level of spending in an era of bipartisan conflict and the administration's call for major cuts in a variety of other programs, primarily social programs, remains to be seen.
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He knows his policies are going to fuck over humanity, but he doesn't care. He's planning to use our tax money to move to the moon when the Earth becomes uninhabitable. Easy peasy! Just pop a tent and an oxygen canister, and you're good! It's the greatest plan! He drew this picture of his vision (with his trusted Sharpie) and has given it to NASA as inspiration to get going.
