| Title: | Space Exploration |
| Notice: | Shuttle launch schedules, see Note 6 |
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From: [email protected] (Steve Willner)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: NASA FY89 Budget Request
Date: 24 Mar 88 20:34:55 GMT
Organization: Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics
Here's the NASA budget request for fiscal year 1989 (i.e. the year
beginning October 1, 1988). The "1989" column shows the amount
requested by the President; Congress may (and undoubtedly will) modify
these amounts. The "1988" column shows the amount appropriated by
Congress for the current fiscal year. The first line in each group is
apparently the total for the group, with subsequent lines giving
allocations within the group. Many groups must have tasks not shown,
since the totals are often greater than the sum of the lines that
follow. This information comes from CANOPUS; see previous (and future)
postings for full credits.
Notable new starts are Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility
(AXAF), a long-life X-ray observatory, and Project Pathfinder, a
collection of advanced technology development projects. Funding
Pathfinder was one of the recommendations of the Ride committee. Also
notable are the large increase for Space Station and for the Shuttle.
NASA BUDGET SUMMARY (all figures in millions)
FY 1988 FY 1989
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 3294.5 4446.7
Space Station 392.3 967.4
Space Transportation 609.8 631.1
Upper Stages 154.9 146.2
Spacelab 66.5 80.4
Engineering & Technical Base 133.9 158.9
Payload Operations 84.6 67.3
Advanced Programs 46.4 45.0
Tethered Satellite System 12.1 23.8
Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle 46.3 96.5
Advanced Launch System 65.1 13.0
Space Science & Applications 1575.8 1859.6
Physics & Astronomy 610.8 791.6
Hubble Space Telescope 93.1 102.2
Gamma Ray Observatory 53.4 41.9
AXAF 0.0 27.0
Global Geospace Science 20.0 101.4
Shuttle/Spacelab Payload Mission
Management & Integration 54.2 61.5
Payload and Instrument Development 43.7 77.1
Space Station Integrated Planning
& Attached Payloads 18.9 8.0
Explorer Development 67.9 82.1
Mission Operations & Data Analysis 132.0 156.2
Research and Analysis 82.9 89.1
Suborbital Program 44.7 45.1
Life Sciences 69.5 101.7
Planetary Exploration 329.2 404.0
Galileo Development 51.9 61.3
Ulysses 7.8 10.3
Magellan 73.0 33.9
Mars Observer 53.9 102.2
Mission Operations & Data Analysis 74.7 112.7
Research & Analysis 67.9 83.6
Space Applications 566.3 562.3
Environmental Observations 313.5 368.3
Materials Processing 62.7 73.4
Space Communication 94.9 16.2
Information Systems 20.9 22.3
Commercial Programs 73.7 57.9
Aeronautical Research and Technology 334.8 414.2
Research and Technology Base 251.6 314.2
Systems Technology programs 83.2 100.0
Space Research & Technology 223.6 390.9
Research and Technology Base 108.4 134.1
Civil Space Technology Initiative 115.2 156.8
Pathfinder Program 0.0 100.0
Transfer Vehicle Technology (14.0)
Humans-in-Space Technology (13.0)
Exploration Technology (17.0)
Operations Technology (41.0)
Mission Studies (15.0)
Transatmospheric Research and Technology 52.5 84.4
Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance 14.1 22.4
Tracking and Data Advanced Systems 17.9 18.8
SHUTTLE PRODUCTION AND CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT 1088.3 1400.5
SPACE SHUTTLE OPERATIONS 1838.0 2405.4
TRACKING AND DATA 884.4 1035.3
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES 285.1
Steve Willner Phone 617-495-7123 Bitnet: willner@cfa
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| 418.1 | 1989: The Turning Point for NASA? | DICKNS::KLAES | Kind of a Zen thing, huh? | Tue Mar 29 1988 18:15 | 43 |
From: [email protected] (markf) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: NASA News Date: 27 Mar 88 15:54:09 GMT Organization: Alpha Comm. Dev. Corp., Aurora, Colo. NASA NEWS - NASA Administrator says 1989 "Make or Break" Year Dr. James C. Fletcher, administrator of NASA appeared ... before the House Subcommittee of Space Science and Applications on the agency's proposed 1989 budget. The following points are among those made in his oral testimony and written statements: - This is a crucial year for NASA which could "make or break" the nation's space program. It is not an overstatement to say that the entire future of the U.S. civil space program rides at risk in this budget. - The budget contains funds to build up the rate of Shuttle flights in 1989 and to start to fly off the backlog of vital defense and science missions. If such effective access to space cannot be provided, hopes for future U.S. space leadership will be extinguished. - The budget provides the build-up of Space Station funding required in the second year of hardware development. Unless adequate funding is provided, the development teamwill have to be disbanded and hopes for a permanent laboratory and base in space deferred indefinitely or cancelled. - If the funds requested for advanced technology are not approved, the necessary technological foundation for future achievements will not be built, and the goal of long-term U.S. space leadership will "become an idle dream." - This budget would move NASA funding to a higher plateau and start the nation down the road toward the historic new goal that President Reagan has just set forth in the nation's new space policy. It is human exploration of the solar system beyond Earth orbit. --------------------------------------------------------------- Reprinted with Permission for electronic distribution NASA News Release 88-31 March 3, 1988 By James W. McCulla Headquarters, Washington, D.C. --------------------------------------------------------------- | |||||