The so-called “skinny” version of the federal budget proposal was released recently. The NASA portion is causing angst and consternation,

Here are the good, the bad and the ugly parts.

The good part of President Trump's budget proposal is how it deals with the human exploration of the moon and Mars, also known as the Artemis program. The proposal allocates more than $7 billion for the return to the moon and $1 billion for humans going to Mars. It eliminates, as expected, the Orion space capsule and the heavy lift Space Launch System after the Artemis III lunar landing mission. The proposal also eliminates the lunar gateway space station, though the parts that have already been built may be repurposed.

Further lunar exploration will be accomplished by commercial systems, either existing or soon to be developed. The idea, according to Ars Technica, is to develop "an ‘end-to-end’ solution for lunar missions ... an integrated plan to launch astronauts from Earth, land them on the Moon, and return them to Earth.” SpaceX and Blue Origin would be prime candidates for such a contract.

The bad part in Trump's........

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