Anonymous5 days ago
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced on March 24, 2026, that the agency would indefinitely pause development of the Lunar Gateway space station — a $5.3 billion orbiting outpost with hardware contributions from ESA, JAXA, CSA, and the UAE — and redirect resources toward a $20 billion permanent Moon base. The decision, which followed a bruising budget fight in which Congress explicitly funded Gateway at $1.1 billion, restructures the Artemis program so that the first crewed lunar landing is now Artemis IV in 2028, and raises serious questions about sunk costs, international trust, and whether the replacement plan can survive across multiple administrations.