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House budget bill denies major increases for NASA to fund ambitious Moon program - The Verge

House budget bill denies major increases for NASA to fund ambitious Moon program - The Verge

House budget bill denies major increases for NASA to fund ambitious Moon program - The Verge
Jul 07, 2020 57 secs

Today, the House Appropriations Committee released its latest funding bill for fiscal year 2021, detailing the budgets for all commerce, justice, and science agencies in the US.

However, it’s nearly $3 billion less than the $25.2 billion the Trump administration called for in the president’s budget request — a hefty amount intended to fund an ambitious lunar return.

The proposal called for NASA’s budget to increase to around $26 or $27 billion each year, potentially getting up to $28.6 billion in 2023.

The president’s budget request asked that a whopping $3.4 billion be set aside for human lunar lander development.

Instead, the House Appropriations Committee only provided $1.56 billion for exploration research and development, which includes money for the human lunar landing system.

He says that congresspeople are reacting to what is happening on the ground right now, including recent protests and “an increasing awareness of racial injustice.” He also speculates that the Trump administration’s increasing embrace of human spaceflight imagery may not help the Democratic-led House be favorable to NASA’s budget increase.

House lawmakers will review the proposed bill, and eventually, the Senate Appropriations Committee will release its own bill laying out funding for NASA

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