---
title: "NASA: Next Moon Landing Will Cost About $35 Billion"
description: "NASA will need $35 billion over the next four years to successfully complete the Artemis Moon mission, according to Human Spaceflight Chief Doug Loverro."
date: "2020-02-11"
modified: "2020-02-11"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-next-moon-landing-cost-35-billion"
categories:
  - "Astronomy"
  - "Moon"
  - "NASA"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "artemis"
  - "moon"
  - "NASA"
  - "the digest"
---

# NASA: Next Moon Landing Will Cost About $35 Billion

![NASA will need $35 billion over the next four years to successfully complete the Artemis Moon mission, according to Human Spaceflight Chief Doug Loverro.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/nasa-next-moon-landing-cost-35-billion.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: NASA/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Lunar Bonus

Returning humans to the Moon by 2024 isn't going to be easy — or cheap.

On Monday, NASA human spaceflight chief Doug Loverro [announced](<https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/nasa-puts-a-price-on-a-2024-moon-landing-35-billion/>) that the agency will need $35 billion over the next four years to successfully complete the [Artemis mission](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-moon-program-name>) — and that the cash will need to be *in addition to* NASA's existing budget.

## Big Spender

Loverro shared the news in conjunction with President Donald Trump's release of his fiscal year 2021 [NASA budget request](<https://www.nasa.gov/news/budget/index.html>), which asks Congress to increase the space agency's budget to $25.2 billion.

"The budget proposed represents a 12 percent increase and makes this one of the strongest budgets in NASA history," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a [statement](<https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-administrator-statement-on-moon-to-mars-initiative-fy-2021-budget>). "The reinforced support from the President comes at a critical time as we lay the foundations for landing the first woman and the next man on the South Pole of the Moon by 2024."

## Pocket Money

For NASA to obtain the $35 billion it needs for Artemis, Congress will not only need to approve this budget increase, but also [agree to budgets](<https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/fy2021_summary_budget_brief.pdf>) of $27.2 billion, $28.6 billion, and $28.1 billion for the years 2022, 2023, and 2024, respectively.

Even if Congress approves Trump's budget request for 2021, though, there's a chance the White House could [change hands in 2020](<https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/19/race-to-the-moon-reddit-qa-1367030>) — and the next administration might not be in as much of a hurry to reach the Moon.

**READ MORE:** [NASA puts a price on a 2024 Moon landing — $35 billion](<https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/nasa-puts-a-price-on-a-2024-moon-landing-35-billion/>) \[*Ars Technica*\]

**More on the Moon:** *[NASA Just Gave the New Moon Program an Epic Name](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-moon-program-name>)*

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)