EPISODE · Feb 12, 2025 · 2 MIN
LISTEN: Boeing Expects to Lay Off 400 Workers from Moon Project
from IEN Radio · host Eric Sorensen
Is the Artemis program doomed?When the first Trump administration announced a pledge to reestablish America’s human presence on the Moon, the goal was to create a permanent base on the lunar surface, which could be used to help facilitate missions to Mars.In 2019, the cost estimate for the program – dubbed Project Artemis – was suggested by NASA to be between $20 and $30 billion. And while that’s a big number, it actually pales in comparison to the revised figure that came two years later when the agency’s Office of Inspector General suggested the true cost would be $93 billion – and that was just through 2025.Speaking of 2025, here we are – and the updates taking place over the past few weeks don’t seem to bode well for Project Artemis.
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Is the Artemis program doomed? When the first Trump administration announced a pledge to reestablish America’s human presence on the Moon, the goal was to create a permanent base on the lunar surface, which could be used to help facilitate missions to Mars. In 2019, the cost estimate for the program – dubbed Project Artemis – was suggested by NASA to be between $20 and $30 billion. And while that’s a big number, it actually pales in comparison to the revised figure that came two years later w...
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