Earlier this month, the US Congress announced that it had increased the budget for NASA from 1,3 billion to 19,3 billionmillions dollars in 2016. The super-increased amount shows that the US has big plans for the red planet.
Today it became known that 55 million dollars from the total budget will be allocated for the research creating a home in deep space for them astronauts on Mars, according to a SpaceNews publication.
The organization will have until 2018 to create a home-based bill according to a bill Congressional 2016 omnibus. NASA should also begin updating Congress on its progress in project 180 days after the start of work.
NASA already works with companies like Boeing and Bigelow Aerospace Logistics to create habitats in space, but with the new bill, and the extra money could be forced to speed things up to comply with the wishes of Congress.
For now you will have to use your imagination to guess what they will look like homea on Mars, NASA's director for the International Space Station told Space News, as it is too early to release any mock-ups.