Proceeding to the Moon and Mars… but how?
Since NASA’s cuts seem to contradict the administration’s assertions of giving bringing humans to Mars top priority, they have been catching the news cycle.
Cancelling complex missions like the Mars Sample Return (which had been in trouble for a while), as well as important strategic plans like the new space station Lunar Gateway.
Whose modules are currently under construction, the new budget suggested a 24 percent cut from $24.8 billion to $18.8 billion, the largest single-year reduction to NASA funding in US history.
The budget promises to provide $1 billion in fresh funding, but it would only raise particular human space exploration by $647 million.
Once the next two Artemis missions have been completed, it also removes the Space Launch System and the Orion spacecraft in favor of private alternatives including SpaceX’s Starship.
Which exploded over the Caribbean in their last two launches. Many have underlined the conflict of interest between Musk’s participation in the government and NASA’s increasing reliance on private corporations.
