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NASA’s 2013 Budget Boosts Manned Space, Reduces Mars

// February 16th, 2012 // Space Stuff & NASA

I get a lot of stuff space and NASA related from Spaceflight Now. Highly recommend the site for anyone interested in space.

So Monday, they announced 2013 budget requests and it looks like the Mars exploration program is getting severely scaled back, though this sounds like it’s mostly being diverted to other areas, rather than totally getting killed from NASA’s budget.

This part sounds promising:

NASA’s fiscal 2013 budget includes $1.88 billion for ongoing work to develop a new heavy-lift booster and ground systems, along with another $1 billion for continued development of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle that will be used for eventual missions to deep space targets ranging from nearby asteroids in the mid 2020s to the environs of Mars in the mid 2030s.

NASA’s 2013 Budget Boosts Manned Space, Reduces Mars