Planetary Society Blog

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A Crash Program or Modest Proposal?

Posted: 13 May 2019 09:29 PM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey...-proposal.html

The White House released a long-awaited supplemental budget request for
NASA today. It proposes an additional $1.6 billion for an accelerated human
spaceflight effort to land on the Moon in 2024. This boosts the President's
budget request for NASA to $22.6 billion in fiscal year 2020, which is
approximately $1.1 billion or 5% more than the amount provided by Congress
last year.

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LightSail 2 set to launch next month aboard SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

Posted: 13 May 2019 03:00 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason...to-launch.html

The Planetary Society's solar sail spacecraft will lift off 22 June 2019 on
a mission to demonstrate the power of sunlight for propulsion.