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If Congress actually cancels the SLS rocket, what happens next? | Here's what NASA's exploration plans would actually look like if the White House got its way.
Here’s what NASA’s exploration plans would actually look like if the White House got its way.
This report, based on interviews with multiple sources inside and out of the Trump administration, seeks to explain what the White House is trying to do with Moon and Mars exploration, what this means for NASA and US spaceflight, and whether it could succeed. This is a pragmatic time to do it, as canceling the programs after Artemis III saves NASA billions of dollars in upgrading the rocket for a singular purpose: assembling a Lunar Gateway of questionable use. This has led to "budget-driven" policy that has resulted in steep cuts to science that often don't make much sense (i.e., ending funding for the completed Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope).
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