NASA sets ambitious budget goals for Space Launch System
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.0210046
Ars Technica : Since the end of the space shuttle era, NASA has been developing its next-generation launch vehicle. Called the Space Launch System, it is set to be the most powerful rocket ever built. It could also be the most expensive. Keeping costs down is “going to take some different thinking and maybe a little bit more risk taking,” said Bill Hill, NASA deputy associate administrator for exploration systems development, in an interview with Ars Technica. The goal, he says, is to keep production and operations costs to $2 billion or less, or roughly half NASA’s annual budget, so that the other half could be used to fund human missions to the Moon or Mars.
