NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, designed to ferry astronauts to the moon, has been reportedly found by an audit to be $6 billion over budget and six years behind its original schedule.
NASA has conducted an audit on its Artemis Moon Program and found that it expects to spend an additional $6 billion on a rocket that's behind schedule.
bra brandy stopped talking. everything is on course. we ll watch it here. we have about another minute. it will be in the rays of the sun. and now one 1:27 into jay, that never gets old, watching that picture right there. again, this is one of the final four missions for the space shuttle program. jay, what s the future of nasa now that we re going to do away with the shuttles? reporter: well, i tell you, that is so up in the air. the president is coming here on the 15th of the month. hopefully he will set things straight. what has happened is they pretty well have cut out human space flight. they don t have another spacecraft under contract to fly astronauts unless, unless they continue the constellation programs. no other areas are being prepared to take astronauts into orbit, willie. we will be flying aboard the russian soyuz spacecraft to the international space station, and
year as well as nasa s return to the moon constellation programs. the cuts threaten thousands of jobs, and they have angered very important lawmakers in places like florida, alabama and texas. steve centanni is live with more from washington for us. so what s the president expected to say at this florida event, steve. reporter: well, jon, the president s expected to highlight his vision for a manned mission to mars, possibly a way to have appeasing lawmakers who are worried about his plans for grounding the space shuttle and scrapping a back to the moon program called constellation. one of the worried lawmakers is florida s bill nelson who says the president has been misunderstood. the perception is that the president has killed the manned space program. when, in fact, mr. president, that s the furthest thing from president obama s mind. he is an enthusiastic fan of the