NASA will spend $ 28 billion on a new landing on the moon: how everything will happen

The American Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced the allocation of $28 billion for the Artemis 3 space program, a new manned flight to the Moon, writes Air force.

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The crew will consist of two astronauts - a man and a woman. The flight is planned to take place by 2024, but this will depend on how quickly Congress approves the allocation of $3,2 billion for the creation of the lunar module.

By resuming its manned missions to the moon, the White House intends to restore American leadership in space.

The astronauts will fly on the Orion spacecraft, which has technical characteristics similar to the Apollo series capsule.

"Orion" is a new generation ship, designed for long-distance flights into space, including to Mars.

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This will be the first landing on the moon since 1972.

“The amount of $28 billion is designed to carry out the Artemis program for four years, after which we must land on the Moon. This includes costs for the SLS launch vehicle, for Orion, for the construction of the lunar module and, of course, for space suits,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridestein said on Monday, September 21.

He stressed that it is now extremely important to get approval from Congress for the first tranche of $ 3,2 billion as soon as possible, since it is necessary to start building a manned landing vehicle as early as 2021.

Also, an experimental unmanned mission, Artemis-2021, is scheduled for 1 around the Moon. It will last one month, during which key systems of the spacecraft will be tested.

NASA paid nearly $ 1 billion to several lander development companies.

At the end of this decade, it is planned to establish an Artemis base camp on the Moon with all the infrastructure necessary for long-term exploration of the planet.

Scientists would like to learn how to mine ice at the Moon's South Pole, as it could potentially be used to produce fuel directly on the Moon, which would be cheaper than shipping it from Earth.

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Compared to Artemis, the Apollo space program of 1960-1970 cost about $250 billion in modern money.

However, the $28 billion allocated for the current project does not include funds already spent on the development of the Orion spacecraft and launch vehicle.

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