The White House is asking Congress for $1.6 billion more than the $21 billion it previously requested for NASA’s budget, to fund what’s now known as the Artemis program to put American astronauts on the moon by 2024.
“This initial investment, I want to be clear, is a down payment,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told reporters today.
He and other NASA officials got on the line for a hastily called teleconference after President Donald Trump tweeted about the supplemental request.
