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Trump’s administration paid the plan to trim about $ 6 billion from the NAS budget, while allocating $ 1 billion of the remaining funds to Mars initiatives Elon Musk And its missile manufacturer SpaceX.

Copy a discrete handleT, located on the NASA website on Friday, states that the changes focus on NASA’s financing on “China’s overcoming to the moon and to put the first person on Mars.”

NASA also stated that it would need to “streamline” its labor, information technology services, operations at the NASA Center, the maintenance of facilities, as well as the construction and environmental storage activities, as well as to stop several “unavailable” missions, while reducing scientific missions for “financial responsibility”.

On Friday, Janet Petro, acting administrator NASA, said that the proposed slim budget, which would reduce about 25% of the space agency financing, “reflects the support of the administration of our mission and creates the basis for our next great achievements.”

Peter called on NASA staff “to insist, remain stable and relying on the discipline that requires to do things that have never done before, especially in a limited setting,” according to the CNBC memo. She acknowledged that the budget would “require a tough choice” and that some of the NASA’s “activities will stop.”

The document on the NASA site states that it allocates more than $ 7 billion for Moon exploration and “presenting $ 1 billion to new investments for Mars.”

SpaceX, which is already among the largest contractors of NASA and the Ministry of Defense, has long sought to start a sawing mission on Mars. The company says on its site The fact that its massive star rocket is designed to “transfer both crew and cargo into orbit of Earth, Moon, Mars and beyond.”

Musk, who is the founder and CEO of SpaceX, plays a central role in President Donald Trump The administration that leads efforts to reduce the size, costs and potential of the federal government, as well as influence on regulatory changes through the Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE).

Musk who often makes aggressive and incorrect predictions for his companies, said in 2020 that he was “highly confident” that SpaceX landed on people on Mars until 2026.

In her Petro note, she said that SLS (Space Skter System), Orion Spacecraw and Gateway, will retire NASA.

It would also put an end to its Green Aviation Costs and the MSR return program (MSR), which sought to use missiles and robotics systems for “collecting and sending Martian breeds, soils and atmosphere back to the ground for detailed chemical and physical analysis”, in accordance with site For the laboratory of the NASA motion.

Some of the The greatest reduction In NASA, when the budget is approved, to get into space science of the space agency, units in the science of land and mission.

In their electronic message, Petro did not name any specific aerospace and defense contractors. However SpaceX, ULA and Jeff Bezos Blue origin is located for further launchs in the absence of SLS. Boiling Currently, the main contractor leading the SLS program.

“This is not the first time when NASA has asked to adapt, and your ability to provide, even under pressure, is what NASA distinguishes,” she wrote.

President Trump’s nominee will be headed by NASA, a technical entrepreneur Jared IsaacmanThe US Senate must still be approved. His nomination was advanced From the Senate Committee on Wednesday.

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