[dc396]

Loans, mostly.

Artemis costs about $4 billion per mission, with around $90 billion already spent. The war in Iran is costing the US about $1 billion per day, so (as of today), $35 billion spent.

The US debt is $39,000 billion ($39 trillion). So, combined, the entire Artemis program and war in Iran represent .32% of the US debt.

[lerp-io]

how does debt mean anything if u control the ability to mint tokens that u use to pay the debt?

[dc396]

See "inflation". Look at the outcomes of countries who remove controls on printing money (e.g., Zimbabwe, Venezuela).