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Trump Wants $1 Billion For Private-Sector-Led Mars Exploration

mardi 3 juin 2025, 12:00 , par Slashdot
Trump Wants $1 Billion For Private-Sector-Led Mars Exploration
President Trump's 2026 budget proposes over $1 billion for Mars exploration through a new Commercial Mars Payload Services Program, while simultaneously slashing NASA's overall budget by 25%. Phys.Org reports: Under the proposal, NASA would award contracts to companies developing spacesuits, communications systems and a human-rated landing vehicle to foster exploration of the Red Planet. Trump's proposed $18.8 billion NASA budget would cut the agency's funding by about 25% from the year before, with big hits to its science portfolio. The fleshed-out request on Friday builds upon a condensed budget proposal released earlier this month.

'We must continue to be responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars,' NASA Acting Administrator Janet Petro wrote in a letter included in the request. 'That means making strategic decisions -- including scaling back or discontinuing ineffective efforts.' The new Mars scheme is modeled after NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program that has benefited Intuitive Machines LLC, Firefly Aerospace Inc. and Astrobotic Technology Inc., though it has achieved mixed results. According to the budget, the contract to land on Mars would build upon existing lander contracts. America's Next NASA Administrator Will Not Be Former SpaceX Astronaut Jared Isaacman

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