Newsdeck: Trump seeks extra $1.6 bln in NASA spending under goal of returning to moon

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The proposed increase would bring NASA’s total spending level for the 2020 fiscal year to $22.6 billion. The bulk of the increase is earmarked for research and development for a human lunar landing system, according to a summary provided by NASA. The newly accelerated goal – an endeavor likely to cost tens of billions of dollars – comes as NASA has struggled with the help of private partners to resume human space missions from U.S. soil for the first time since the shuttle program ended in 2011.

“In the coming years, we will need additional funds,” he said. “But this is a good amount that gets us out of the gate in a very strong fashion.” “The next leap in space will be fueled by commercial companies changing the way we do business in space while creating new technologies and innovations,” he said.Bridenstine said $651 million of the extra funding would go toward NASA’s Space Launch System — the super-heavy rocket whose decade-long development led by Boeing Co has been hampered by delays and cost overruns — as well as design and construction of the Orion crew capsule.

Bridenstine said he was optimistic that Trump’s request would draw bipartisan support on Capitol Hill.

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