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As NASA Plans Its Return to the Moon, Greater Visibility Into Spending Could Help Address Cost Concern

Thursday, September 7, 2023
As NASA Plans Its Return to the Moon, Greater Visibility Into Spending Could Help Address Cost Concern

As NASA Plans Its Return to the Moon, Greater Visibility Into Spending Could Help Address Cost Concern

When NASA launched Artemis I last November, it used the world's most powerful rocket. The same rocket design, or Space Launch System, will be used in the Artemis II and III missions, with the goal of returning Americans to the moon for the first time since the 1960s. But the costs of these missions are, according to NASA officials themselves, unaffordable. What could this mean for NASA's lunar aspirations, and what can be done to reduce costs? We find out more from GAO's Bill Russell.