The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will have a budget of $25.9 billion to carry out their next work in space, according to a letter presented by the Administration of Joe Biden.
“We are going to learn to live and work in a hostile environment and then we will get to Mars in the late 2030s,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
The fiscal year 2023 budget provides $7.6 billion for deep space exploration. It will be through the missions of the Artemis program —in which Mexico also collaborates– that NASA It will take the first woman and the first African-American person to the Moon. In addition, it will test technologies that will prepare humanity for the exploration of Mars.
“It is a sign of support for our missions in a new era of exploration and discovery,” said Bill Nelson, who insisted in a virtual conference that it will be in 2040 when man can finally set foot on the red planet, if everything goes according to plan. the planned.
Commercial activity in space is also contemplated. A total of $1.4 billion will go toward space technology research and development, with the goal of fostering new technologies to help America’s commercial space industry create more better-paying jobs.