NASA Wants $11 Billion in Infrastructure Bill for Moon Landing

NASA’s head doubled down on his request to Congress to fund a second moon-landing demonstration for its Artemis program.

Administrator Bill Nelson reiterated that NASA needs more money to promote competition in its Artemis program, which seeks to send the first woman and first person of color to the moon by 2024, during a Tuesday hearing of the Senate Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee.

The program, introduced during the Trump administration, would be the first to send humans to the moon since the Apollo missions.

NASA’s Human Landing System Among Top Priorities in Budget

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testifies on the agency’s budget for fiscal 2022 on June 15, 2021.

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