/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11662530
>>11662544
Their budget for this year is only $40m.
However, it is to skyrocket in 2021 to $15b.
It's because of how they split off. Some of their money is technically still air force money.

NASA's budget is around $22b, so the Space Force gets less.

>>11508926
>>11508932
>>11508956
>>11508960
Most politicians are too stupid to understand sunken costs.
This was our crux with the shuttle program. We had to keep it going otherwise it would look like a waste of money.
But with the lunar gateway, in order to not make it look like a waste of money, we'd have to be making frequent trips to the moon.

>>11409534
It's incredibly expensive.
But it's all doable. You need someone with enough passion to make it reality.

...or you need an enemy (China) to frighten us into action.

Have you lads voted?
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/participate/name-the-rover/

>>11263272
>>11263283
There are already space tourism companies.
The costs are extremely prohibitive. Only the richest can go - obviously.

We need to work on reducing cost of launches, spaceflight, etc. But how?