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What did NASA's inspector general project for Artemis campaign spending across FY2012–2025?

Artemis is NASA's campaign to return people to the Moon, spanning the Space Launch System, Orion, ground systems and lunar exploration work. NASA's inspector general projected US$93 billion of NASA campaign spending across fiscal years 2012–2025; this is a multi-year programme forecast, not the price of one launch or a final bill.

Published project estimate

$93 billion

Cost basis: 2023

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I mission is the first integrated flight test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and ground systems. SLS and Orion launched at 1:47 a.m. EST, from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kows
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