NASA’s Manned Moon Landing Mission Artemis Delayed

More than 50 years have passed since humans set foot on the moon; however, NASA has been making plans for a while to change this situation. NASA announced in 2019 that within the next five years, within the scope of the Artemis mission, it will send people to our planet’s satellite to explore the south pole of the Moon using a brand new rocket and capsule system; however, it seems that the realization of these plans of the space agency is better than expected. Taller it will last.

This goal of the Artemis mission, whose main goal was to achieve a manned landing on the moon in 2024, was widely considered unrealistic. In a new statement made by the head of NASA, the realization of the Artemis mission is before 2025. not likely was accepted, and the agency’s new goal is to reach the Moon by 2025. uncrewed It was stated that it was to land a spacecraft.

Not enough funds have been allocated:

NASA delayed the crewed moon landing date to November last year. According to The Guardian, NASA administrator Bill Nelson has stated that the requirements for the mission, such as developing a lunar lander, are that they did not allocate sufficient funds to cover their comprehensive costs. He blamed Congress for the delays.

In his statement, Nelson noted that the priority of the agency is to return to the Moon as quickly and safely as possible. “With the recent litigation and other factors, the first manned landing under Artemis is likely earlier than 2025 It won’t happen.” used the phrases.

In addition, NASA chose Elon Musk’s SpaceX company instead of Blue Origin to develop the landing system. injustice Describing the agency as Jef Bezos to sue played an important role in this delay. However, this effort of Bezos, who lost the case, was in vain.

NASA plans at least 10 lunar landings in the future

On the other hand, NASA has plans for other missions, such as building the Lunar Gateway space station and building infrastructures such as habitats, rovers and scientific equipment on the moon. However, the realization of these means; This means that a significant amount of budget is needed. Regarding this, Nelson “Looking forward, NASA plans at least 10 Moon landings in the future and is in funds for future land competition, starting with the agency’s 2023 budget. to significant increases needs” saves as.

NASA is currently conducting tests for the Artemis I Core Phase and is working to ensure the rocket is ready for mission. tests is running.