{"id":1917502,"date":"2023-04-21T03:40:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T07:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nasas-spending-unsustainable-if-us-wants-to-return-to-moon-mars-watchdog\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T03:44:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T07:44:21","slug":"nasas-spending-unsustainable-if-us-wants-to-return-to-moon-mars-watchdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nasas-spending-unsustainable-if-us-wants-to-return-to-moon-mars-watchdog\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Spending \u2018Unsustainable\u2019 If US Wants to Return to Moon, Mars: Watchdog"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnasas-spending-unsustainable-if-us-wants-to-return-to-moon-mars-watchdog%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1917502&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0420\/2552608f-6431-46c0-9e25-5aa10c90fdcf\/audio.mp3?length=2831373&#038;duration=236\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The inspector general for NASA told Congress that current spending levels are \u201cunsustainable\u201d if the United States hopes to achieve its goals of returning to the moon and sending astronauts to Mars.<\/p>\n<p>NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin appeared before the House\u00a0Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on April 19 as part of a hearing on \u201cProtecting American Taxpayers: Highlighting Efforts to Protect Against Federal Waste, Fraud, and Mismanagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin told the panel that \u201cwhile undoubtedly innovative and inspirational, NASA faces long-standing challenges with its contracting and project management that have led to substantial cost and schedule growth in many of its programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Currently, NASA has a series of initiatives that seek to expand humanity\u2019s reach in the solar system, beginning with a return to the moon decades in the making called the Artemis program. Later, NASA hopes to use the lunar missions as a baseline for further exploration to Mars and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>But, Martin told Congress, NASA has consistently gone over budget in a way that\u2019s \u201cunsustainable\u201d if the agency hopes to meet these aspirations. Martin said that NASA has had persistent problems creating \u201ccomprehensive and accurate\u201d estimates for costs and scheduling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNASA has worked for years to develop reliable lifecycle estimates for many of its multibillion-dollar programs, including Artemis and the James Webb Space Telescope,\u201d Martin explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Artemis, NASA lacks a comprehensive cost estimate that accounts for all program costs\u2014an omission that contributes to a lack of transparency into the funding required to sustain the program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin said his office audit of NASA found that the agency will spend $93 billion on the Artemis program between 2012 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, they discovered a per-launch cost of $4.1 billion. This level of spending, Martin said, is \u201cunsustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNASA must accelerate its efforts to make its Artemis later programs more affordable; otherwise relying on such an expensive single use rocket system will inhibit NASA\u2019s ability to sustain its exploration goals for the moon and Mars essential project management,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>One of the greatest challenges for space exploration is the expense required to launch a space mission. The rockets that complete the launch cost billions to create<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inspector general for NASA told Congress that current spending levels are \u201cunsustainable\u201d if the United States hopes to achieve its goals of returning to the moon and sending astronauts to Mars. NASA Inspector General Paul K. 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