Independent estimates have long suggested NASA already spent some $20 billion+ on the Artemis program 🚀. A moon-orbiting space station (Gateway) and a spaceship to shuttle the astronauts from the space station down the surface (lunar lander) must be designed, built, tested and then launched into space. So what is NASA doing to control Artemis’ costs 💰? Since then, I’ve been at Kennedy Space Center reporting on nearly every space shuttle launch and the retirement of the shuttle program with Atlantis’ final flight in 2011. And I continue to track NASA’s SLS as the Artemis I Moon Rocket is readied for rollout and first flight.

Source: The Nation September 12, 2023 00:31 UTC