NASA Receives Nearly $23.3B Funding for 2021 But Lunar Lander 2024 Will Be "More Difficult" to Achieve
21 December 2020, 8:14 pm EST By The U.S. Congress approved the 2021 NASA budget amounting to nearly $23.3 billion. However, the space agency's officials said it will not be enough to support its lunar lander program. According to 2021 omnibus spending bill released on Dec. 21 after reaching a compromise between the Senate and House bills, NASA will get a total funding of $23.271 billion for the 2021 fiscal year. This was $2 billion less than what the agency's initial request of $25.246 billion, although it was higher than $642 million from its 2020 budget. Can NASA Lunar Lander 2024 proceed...