'That is a very small down payment for what they are proposing to do,' said one space expert.
"That is a very small down payment for what they are proposing to do," space historian Roger Launius, author of the forthcomingthat the space agency estimates it would need as much as an additional $8 billion a year, over the next five years, to reach that goal.
Vice President Mike Pence called for the moon landing by 2024 in a March speech in Huntsville, Alabama, home to NASA's jumbo Space Launch System rocket, itself years over schedule and over budget. "I’m worried that without proper congressional buy-in, this budget amendment is at best, a massive waste of time, and at worst, pushing risky political timelines that could set NASA back for years," space policy expert Phil Larson of the University of Colorado, Boulder, told BuzzFeed News by email.
"I’m skeptical that any congress will add billions of taxpayer dollars for a moon program," he added."It’s also incredibly important to know what is being cut to offset this."
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