Future of NASA: Deep Space (Ares V "Light")
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The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee has drawn up several alternate architectures for NASA to pursue its mission of sending astronauts beyond low Earth orbit (LEO). For a more complete summary, see "Future of NASA: Program of Record". The fifth architecture in the list is focused on exploration missions to deep space, assuming an increased budget of $3 billion per year.