BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine spent Wednesday morning testifying in front of the Senate, Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee about the agency’s progress toward a 2024 moon landing, and the challenges ahead for the Artemis program.
He said the sooner his agency receives funding, the higher the probability of success.
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Bridenstine said without appropriate funding, including the $3 billion needed for the development of a human lander, the agency’s ambitious timeline is in jeopardy.
“Between now and February 2021, I think we’re OK,” Bridenstine said. “But, if we get to February 2021 without an appropriation that’s really going to put the brakes on our ability to achieve a moon landing by 2024.”
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Bridenstine said the agency is still on track for the launch of Artemis 1 late next year, which is the first integrated flight of the agency’s space launch system rocket with an uncrewed Orion spacecraft.
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