Lockheed Martin has $ 3.000 billion for the mission.
La NASA gave around 3.000 million dollars, to one of the largest aerospace industry as it is; Lockheed Martin, he assigned them in order for them to build three capsules for them "Orion"These three spacecraft are with which the United States Astronauts will once again come to rest on the great moon in an estimated four years, approximately in 2024.
This contract, which was announced on Monday 31/09 by the US agency and Lockheed martin, foresees; as we already said, a three capsule order for the next three missions; 3, 4 and 5 titled "Artemis" that began in 2017. This is scheduled to mark history by sending a woman to the moon for the first time.
Each capsule that was ordered a maximum, will be able to carry four trained people for this trip and must be reused at least one more time.
Where was the trip to Mars?
This agency plans to send three more capsules like these for missions; VI, VII and VIII. It informs us, according to a statement released by NASA. The administrator of this great agency; Jim Bridenstine, affirmed that the contract also, in addition to these three ships, ensured the creation of the Orion capsules for the next decade, thus demonstrating NASA's commitment to ensuring a slightly longer stay on the Moon and keeping in mind that the trip Mars still stands.
Although these new ships have similarities with the ships of 1960 and 1970 referring to the Apollo mission; These capsules will be more spacious, with the ability to comfortably board, hold and carry a crew for at least three weeks. The first unmanned flight of the artemis mission, named after Apollo's sister goddess, is said for 2020, but this agency has said that it will not be possible to meet this schedule.