T+212: NASA’s Budget, Commercial LEO, and the Sustaining Lunar Development Contract

The White House has finally submitted its fiscal year 2023 budget request, which has big implications for NASA’s Commercial LEO program, and their newest announcement, the upcoming Sustaining Lunar Development contract to support the Artemis program’s lunar landings through the 2020s.

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Topics

• NASA Provides Update to Astronaut Moon Lander Plans Under Artemis | NASA
• NASA Lays Out Revised Approach for Future Human Lunar Landing Systems – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA to support development of second Artemis lunar lander - SpaceNews
• Budget Documents, Strategic Plans and Performance Reports | NASA
• Previous Years' Budget Requests | NASA
• NASA Administrator Statement on President’s FY 2023 Budget Request | NASA
• NASA Asking for Another Steep Increase in FY2023 – SpacePolicyOnline.com

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