Ted Cruz criticizes Trump plan to cancel SLS and Lunar Gateway as “folly”
Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav As part of its efforts to shore up NASA’s flailing Artemis Program, the Trump administration earlier this year proposed two major changes to the agency’s deep space exploration plans. First, in the president’s budget request for fiscal year 2026, the White House sought to terminate NASA’s costly Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft after the Artemis III mission, the first human landing. And second, to focus on “direct-to-surface” exploration, the White House sought to cancel the Lunar Gateway, a small space station intended to orbit the Moon. Essentially, for long-term sustainability, the…
