NASA = need another seven astronauts
there have been several budget cutbacks over the years
the next manned NASA flight will have 4 astronauts in the Orion capsule for the Artemis II return mission to the moon.
The rocket and capsule combo have only been flown a couple of times. It uses spare parts from the Apollo and space shuttle programs.
Looks like we are heading for the possibility of more dead astronauts. But how does it work? Artemis gets two of the sacrifices and Orion gets sloppy seconds? What about Apollo? Was this at all approved by the fallen angel council? WTF?