Jako vždy, i toto navýšení rozpočtu je zatím jen prezidentský návrh/požadavek, který bude podléhat konečnému schválení obou komor amerického parlamentu. Může se tedy stát, že konečná suma pro NASA na FY 2020 bude jiná a to do plusu nebo do mínusu od tohoto dodatečného požadavku.
Ještě trochu k navrženému rozdělení navýšeného rozpočtu na jednotlivé programy:
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* Human Lunar Landing System: This budget includes $1 billion to enable NASA to begin supporting the development of commercial human lunar landing systems three years earlier than previously envisioned to bring humans to the Moon’s surface by 2024.
** This acquisition strategy will allow NASA to purchase an integrated commercial lunar lander that will transport astronauts from lunar orbit to the lunar surface and back.
** Focusing Gateway development on capabilities needed to support a lunar landing of 2024 allowed a scope reduction of $321 million. This budget amendment shifts potential development of additional Gateway capabilities into the future.
* Space Launch System Rocket and Orion Spacecraft: With an additional $651 million for SLS and Orion, this budget supports the most powerful rocket in the world and our new spacecraft to ultimately take the astronauts to the staging point for reaching the lunar surface, the Gateway in lunar orbit.
* Exploration Technology: An additional $132 million for technologies that will support NASA to advance key precursor capabilities on the lunar surface. This includes various exploration technologies like solar electric propulsion and a demonstration converting polar ice to water.
* Science: An augmentation of $90 million to enable increased robotic exploration of the Moon’s polar regions in advance of a human mission.
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/file ... ummary.pdf
