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[i]In a fiscal environment that is extremely challenging, the Committee must weigh and prioritize funding across all of NASA's activities, as well as important priorities throughout the bill. To that end, the Committee has provided significant funding toward the missions and exploration goals across NASA. However, the shortfalls of NASA's fiscal year 2021 budget proposal make it impossible to fully fund all of NASA's proposed activities. Going forward, NASA should refrain from requesting only part of the funding it requires to accomplish all of its missions.[/i]
[i]While the Committee supports the mission of returning U.S. astronauts to the surface of the Moon, the lander element represents the largest remaining cost, schedule, and technical risk, and has yet to be selected. This uncertainty makes it difficult to analyze the future impacts that funding the accelerated Moon mission will have on NASA's other important missions, not to mention the programs, projects, and activities funded elsewhere in the bill. In order to facilitate forward movement in the Artemis program, the Committee has provided funds to allow for NASA to advance its human exploration program, including the development of landers, and awaits further definition of the program and a refined cost estimate.[/i]
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