President Donald Trump wants to stop funding for the ISS International Space Station project

ISS International Space Station costs NASA 3-4 billion dollars a year, the total US government budget has been raised to $ 87 billion over two decades.

According to The Verge report, a draft budget that the Government has just issued may end the budget support for the ISS International Space Station project by 2025. Without the ISS station, the American astronauts will probably have to stay on the ground for a long time.

The draft may change before the US Government officially announces it on February 12. However, The Verge's source is quite certain that the budget cuts for the ISS project will be approved. The Verge has also contacted NASA but has not yet received an answer.

ISS International Space Station.

is a cooperative project between many countries, has been operating for more than 2 decades. NASA is the US representative involved in this project, with an annual operating cost of US $ 3-4 billion. Equivalent to the total capital that the US Government has granted to the project is about $ 87 billion.

NASA has pledged to continue to keep this program running through 2024, thanks to President Obama's policy in 2014. But now, the US Congress is facing some difficulties related to the lack of operating budget deficit. On January 21, the US government had to temporarily shut down due to budget issues.

Therefore, it is difficult for the ISS project to last until 2028, which is also expected to be the time to stop the operation of this International Space Station. Stopping funding for the ISS project will also help NASA focus on more important projects.

President Donald Trump once said he wanted NASA to take astronauts to the Moon and build a research station here. This daring project is a stepping stone to implementing the ambition to bring people to Mars, and it will certainly cost a lot of money.

Of course, stopping operations at the ISS International Space Station is a big loss for the US. Because ISS is the place where NASA conducts a lot of scientific tests in each space field, this is also where astronauts are trained to prepare for future space flights.