NASA demands budget increase for “astronaut to moon 4 years later”

NASA “Astronaut to Moon in Four Years” Requests Budget Increase February 11 20:27

Along with the US Trump administration issuing a budget textbook that sets out the government's thinking on next year's budget, NASA, Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Breidenstein, said NASA's budget was about 12% higher than in the previous year, He said he was requesting $ 25 billion and said he would accelerate research and development four years later with the goal of sending astronauts to the moon.

NASA Secretary Bridenstein will meet in the southern state of Mississippi on Tuesday, and NASA's next fiscal year budget included in the Trump administration's budget textbook will increase by 12% over the previous year to more than $ 25 billion, and the Japanese yen It is said that it will be about 2.75 trillion yen.

Approximately $ 3.3 billion of the budget will be dedicated to the development of lunar landers, as well as space suits, lunar rover development, and residential base research.

He also allocated budget to a plan to outsource goods to the moon to private companies, and Secretary Breidenstein stated that `` the next month, the first time since 1972, will be the delivery of goods to the moon ''. Was. NASA has set a goal of sending two men and women astronauts to the moon four years later, in 2024, and hastened the development of large rockets and manned spacecraft.

"We have the strongest budget in NASA history and worthy of space exploration in the 21st century," he emphasized, pursuing research and development to achieve lunar landings on time.