#nasa-funding

#nasa-funding

The Artemis III mission and those beyond should be canceled and we should start over, proceeding with all deliberate speed," Griffin said. He included a link to his plan, which is not dissimilar from the "Apollo on Steroids" architecture he championed two decades ago, but was later found to be unaffordable within NASA's existing budget.

We are taking steps to restructure and establish an appropriate size to ensure future success.

Zoom out: The gathering in DC stems from the Trump administration's plan to gut funding, while a government shutdown has already furloughed 85% of NASA staff. The White House has even floated mass firings during the shutdown, putting long-term missions and jobs at risk. Meanwhile, China is accelerating: planning a Mars Sample Return by 2028, a major Jupiter mission, a Venus atmosphere probe, and an asteroid defense swarm.