During an hourlong town hall from NASA headquarters in Washington, Bridenstine said $1.6 billion is enough for 2020. #Moon2024 pic.twitter.com/dgL6NoZ2Rj — NASA (@NASA) May 14, 2019NASA landed 12 men on the moon over six Apollo missions. A few hours later, Bridenstine found himself before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, talking up the Artemis moon plan. In March, Vice-President Mike Pence urged NASA to accelerate its moon-landing program, moving it up from 2028 to 2024. NASA has flip-flopped between the moon and Mars, a victim of changing presidential administrations.

Source: National Post May 15, 2019 14:48 UTC