A Trump reduces They continue to influence the endless sectors in the United States. How worried they are, those who concern Health or control over invasive typesThe field now reductions that have made radical changes in NASA plans for the next few years join CandleStick. There are many details that can be discussed; But, ultimately, the great victims of these abbreviations of Trump will be Foreign space agenciesAs well as Boeing and Lockheed Martin, companies that are still responsible for the supply of vehicles for the next trip of people to the moon. On the contrary, the greatest beneficiary, to any surprise, will be Elon Musk.
And, according to the request for the discretion budget for the financial year of 2026, presented on May 2, the SLS missile and Orion capsule are still the main characters Artemian programThey will stop receiving funding and will be replaced “More profitable systems”
In addition to two vehicles responsible for attracting people to the moon, Trump’s reduction is also left Gates. This is a space laboratory in which it will place a joint work NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), Japan, Canada and the United Arab Emirates. Without financing the United States, it will be impossible to fulfill this cooperation, so the role of all these countries remains in the air in this new era of space trips. In the air in the worst of feelings.
How much do Trump contractions cost for NASA?
According to the recently submitted document, the annual budget addressed to NASA will pass From 24.8 billion dollars to $ 18.8 billionThe field is a decrease by more than 24 %.
SLS and Orion will continue, but only until it ends Artemis III. At the moment, only the first step of this project was completed: Artemis I amThe field after this first unmanned flight, in April 2026 Artemis IIWhere the ship will first be sent to the manned one, but it will only be orbit around the moon. A year later it will be completed Artemis III, where the piloting will be carried out.
After Artemis III, SLS, from Boeing and Orion, Lockheed Martin, will stop becoming part of the Artemis program. NASA has not at the moment did not express what his substitutes will be. However, after Trump’s contractions, most bets indicate at least SpaceX StarshipElon Mask space company.
This is based on the fact that the President of the United States said that SLS and Orion are very expensive elements. In addition, the rocket is disposable, and the project cost is very expensive. SpaceX is working on development Reusable missiles And their tests have already given very good results. But, first of all, bets are based on a simple fact that Elon Musk is a good friend of Donald Trump, as he demonstrated during the election campaign.
Goodbye with international participation
With a change in the government in the United States, we say goodbye to which it looked like an updated space race based on international cooperation, and not at the competition. With the reduction of Trump and his statements about NASA, we see that he wants to return at a time when the United States competed with the Soviet Union for conquering space. Although this time opponents will not be Russian, but China. Trump has already stated that he wanted the Americans to return to the moon before the Chinese.
But that’s not all. Also canceled the project for construction Gates, Leaving their plans for a large number of international partners. Many countries dreamed that their astronauts took a place on the next trip to the moon, but this desire seems more and more complicated.
In the event that it was not enough, Trump contractions are damaged by other great ESA projects: Rover launch Rosalind Franklin EXOMARS programs. The project was scheduled for 2020, but he had to postpone so many other plans for this fateful year. This was later scheduled for 2022, but Russian problems led to a new cancellation.
Now the conclusion of the NASA contribution from the contractions of Trump, which was risk of launch, which was scheduled for 2028. NASA’s contribution, according to Astrophysicist Daniel Marina on his blog Naucasit was modest, but very necessary, as it includes RHU -based Set of PlutoniumThe field, therefore, the mission will be very difficult to move forward on the proposed date.
Trump contractions do not affect Mars (on the contrary)
The costs in which Donald Trump did not spare are directions for a trip to Mars, an obsession that he shares with Elon Musk. Additional budget 1000 million dollars To take the United States to the Red Planet as soon as possible. This is only the beginning, because perhaps many other missions are affected. This is still a form of colonialism, where the obsession is that they defeat an unexplored place. Everything else is in the background.
Source: Hiper Textual
