Artemis 2 is a benchmark in our space exploration program — and it depends on steady NASA funding

Now that the Artemis 2 mission has been successfully completed, it’s worth taking a look at where NASA stands on the role of humans in exploring space and what its path forward should be. Doing this is especially important today, with some people questioning on line whether we can afford the cost of sending humans to the moon. At the same time, the president’s recently released proposed budget would cut NASA by 25% and NASA science by almost 50%, while still trying to maintain the program of sending humans to the moon and beginning planning for Mars.