Artemis started as Constellation under W and struggled after the 2008 financial crisis.
Politicizing this stuff is… not terribly useful…
“Orion was conceived in the early 2000s by Lockheed Martin as a proposal for the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) to be used in NASA’s Constellation program and was selected by NASA in 2006.”
Artemis started as Constellation under W and struggled after the 2008 financial crisis.
Politicizing this stuff is… not terribly useful…
“Orion was conceived in the early 2000s by Lockheed Martin as a proposal for the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) to be used in NASA’s Constellation program and was selected by NASA in 2006.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_program