To Moon or not to Moon? –
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s, and ‘ s, there weren’t entrepreneurs who were willing to invest.
NASA’s human spaceflight chief, Doug Loverro, shared this number Monday at Johnson Space Center, as the Trump White House released its (fiscal year) budget
. It calls for a big increase in NASA’s budget, percent over last year budget request, with a top-line number of $ 37. 2 billion.One of the consistent themes that emerged from the White House budget request on Monday is support for commercial space.
The White House also reiterated its call for using a commercial launcher — possibly a Delta IV Heavy rocket but more likely a Falcon Heavy —To boost its Europa Clipper mission to the Jovian moon in the mid – s. In the past, Congress has said this must go on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, but the White House budget says the agency would save “over $ 1.5 billion” by using a commercial launch vehicle.
Brian Dewhurst, a budget officer for NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations program, said the savings was derived from subtracting the cost of a Delta IV Heavy rocket from the annual program cost of producing one Space Launch System rocket a year, which is
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