willner@cfa250.harvard.edu (Steve Willner P-316 x57123) (03/11/89)
Here is the NASA budget request for fiscal year 1990 (beginning
October 1, 1989). This is President Reagan's budget request,
submitted before he left office in January, but as far as I know, the
Bush administration has not made any changes. In fact, Richard
Darman, Bush's director of OMB, has testified to Congress strongly in
favor of the NASA budget in general and the Space Station program in
particular. Of course, it remains to be seen what Congress will
actually appropriate, both in total amount and in the various
programs. (And I'm willing to take a fairly large bet that they
won't act on it at all by October 1.)
The budget and the comments below are from CANOPUS, as condensed by
me. See copyright information at end. --SW
NASA SEEKS NEW STARTS FOR TWO PLANETARY MISSIONS - can890110.txt - 1/9/89
"New starts" are sought for the Comet Rendezvous/Asteroid Flyby and
Cassini Saturn/Titan missions in the fiscal 1989 budget proposed
today for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The
$13.3 billion budget plan is almost $2.4 billion higher than the
current $10.9 billion budget NASA has for fiscal 1989. The largest
increase is a $1.1 billion jump for the Space Station program. Small
gains are made in physics and astronomy and other science budgets,
and the NASA payroll is to increase by 700 permanent positions.
The CRAF and Cassini missions are proposed as a dual new start to
save money (compared to two separate programs) by using a common
Mariner Mark II bus design and spares.
Funds for several programs--Hubble Space Telescope, Gamma Ray
Observatory, Galileo, and Magellan--drop as these projects approach
flight in 1989. Others--Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility, Global
Geospace Science--rise sharply compared to FY89 funds.
In releasing the budget proposal, NASA Administrator James Fletcher
noted that the FY90 budget "is almost exactly the amount forecast a
year ago when we presented the FY l989 budget to Congress." He later
commented that, "The budget provides $2 billion to move ahead with
development of the Space Station. We are moving toward a first
element launch in early l995 with a capability for man-tended
research activity by the end of that year and a permanently manned
capability by the end of l996.
NASA FY 1990 BUDGET SUMMARY
(Millions of Dollars)
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
FY1989 FY 1990
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 4266.6 5751.6
SPACE FLIGHT, CONTROL & DATA COMM. 4464.2 5139.6
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES 275.1 341.8
RESEARCH & PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 1891.6 2032.2
INSPECTOR GENERAL (8.6) 8.8
TOTAL BUDGET AUTHORITY 10897.5 13274.0
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{Format of the following section is slightly confusing; totals in
each category are given first, followed by the items making up that
total. Pay attention to the indentation. I've added the word
"total" to what I think are appropriate lines, but I may well have
erred. Only the first two categories above were included.--SW}
DETAILED BREAKDOWN FY 1989 FY 1990
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 4266.6 5751.6 (TOTAL)
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Space Station 900.0 2050.2
Space Transportation Capability Development 681.0 639.0 (total)
Spacelab 88.6 98.9
Upper Stages 138.8 88.6
Engineering & Technical Base 155.4 189.8
Payload Operations & Support Equipment 64.7 81.1
Advanced Programs 52.7 48.7
Tethered Satellite System 26.4 19.9
Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle 73.0 107.0
Advanced Launch System 81.4 5.0
Space Science & Applications 1830.2 1995.3 (total)
Physics and Astronomy (total) 734.1 894.5
Hubble Space Telescope Development 95.9 67.0
Gamma Ray Observatory Development 41.9 26.7
Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility 16.0 44.0
Global Geospace Science 64.4 112.3
Payload & Instrument Development 81.7 71.4
Shuttle/Spacelab Payload Mission
Management & Integration 69.7 86.1
Space Station Integrated Planning
& Attached Payloads 8.0 23.0
Explorer Development 82.1 93.2
Mission Operation & Data Analysis 143.2 204.8
Research & Analysis 85.8 112.5
Suborbital Program 45.4 53.5
Life Sciences (total) 78.1 124.2
Human Space Flight & Systems Engineering 27.6 42.8
Space Biological Sciences 10.1 27.6
Research & Analysis 40.4 53.8
Planetary Exploration (total) 416.6 396.9
Galileo Development 73.4 17.4
Ulysses Development 10.3 4.5
Magellan Development 43.1
Mars Observer 102.2 100.5
Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby/Cassini 0.0 30.0
Mission Operations & Data Analysis 110.7 155.4
Research & Analysis 76.9 79.1
Space Applications 601.4 579.7
Earth Sciences (total) 413.7 434.3
Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite 94.2 73.9
Ocean Topography Experiment 83.0 72.8
Scatterometer 10.6 13.8
Earth Science Payload Instrument Dev. 46.4 66.5
Airborne Science & Applications 23.0 19.7
Geodynamics 32.9 38.0
Missions Operations & Data Analysis 17.6 24.8
Research & Analysis 106.0 124.8
Materials Processing 75.6 92.7
Space Communications 92.2 18.6
Information Systems 19.9 34.1
Commercial Programs 44.7 61.0 (total)
Technology Utilization 16.5 22.7
Commercial Use of Space 28.2 38.3
Aeronautical Research & Technology 404.2 462.8 (total)
Research & Technology Base (total) 315.6 335.7
Systems Technology Programs 88.6 127.1
(Materials & Structures Systems Tech.) (19.2) (30.3)
(Rotorcraft Systems Technology) ( 4.8) ( 4.9)
(High-Performance Aircraft
Systems Technology) (11.0) (34.9)
(Advanced Propulsion Systems Technology) (13.9) (14.5)
(Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation) (39.7) (42.5)
Space Research and Technology 295.9 338.1 (total)
Research & Technology Base 134.1 130.1
Civil Space Technology Initiative (total) 121.8 144.5
(Propulsion) (36.1) (37.4)
(Vehicle) (13.3) (36.0)
(Information Technology) (15.9) (15.6)
(Large Structures & Control) (19.5) (18.9)
(Power) (11.1) (10.7)
(Automation & Robotics) (25.9) (25.9)
Pathfinder Program (total) 40.0 47.3
(Surface Exploration) ( 8.5) ( 9.3)
(In-Space Operations) (15.0) (15.6)
(Humans in Space) ( 6.0) ( 6.3)
(Space Transfer) ( 5.5) ( 6.1)
(Mission Studies) ( 5.0) (10.0)
In-Space Flight Experiments 0.0 16.2
Transatmospheric Research & Technology 69.4 127.0
Safety, Reliability & Quality Assurance 22.4 23.3
University Space Science & Technology
Academic Program (22.3) 35.0
Tracking & Data Advanced Systems 18.8 19.9
SPACE FLIGHT, CONTROL & DATA COMM. 4464.2 5139.6 (TOTAL)
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Shuttle Production & Capability Development 1128.2 1305.3 (total)
Orbiter Operationalal Capability 281.8 237.0
Propulsion Systems 582.2 727.3
Launch & Mission Support 264.2 341.0
Space Shuttle Operations 2305.2 2562.7 (total)
Flight Operations 685.7 772.6
Flight Hardware 1112.7 1236.5
Launch & Landing Operations 506.8 553.6
Expendable Launch Vehicles 85.5 169.5
Space & Ground Networks, Communications
& Data Systems 945.3 1102.1 (total)
Space Network 483.9 582.3
Ground Network 228.1 269.6
Communications & Data Systems 233.3 250.2
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In article <1282@cfa183.cfa250.harvard.edu>, willner@cfa250 (Steve Willner P-316 x57123) writes: > >Here is the NASA budget request for fiscal year 1990 (beginning >October 1, 1989). > NASA FY 1990 BUDGET SUMMARY > (Millions of Dollars) > > NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION >Shuttle Production & Capability Development 1128.2 1305.3 (total) >Space Shuttle Operations 2305.2 2562.7 (total) >Expendable Launch Vehicles 85.5 169.5 Is it any wonder that the dream is dead at NASA? William Baxter ARPA: web@{garnet,brahms,math}.Berkeley.EDU UUCP: {sun,dual,decwrl,decvax,hplabs,...}!ucbvax!garnet!web