Comments on: Authorization bill, Katrina relief signed into law http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/12/30/authorization-bill-katrina-relief-signed-into-law/ Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:59:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Antoniewicz II http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/12/30/authorization-bill-katrina-relief-signed-into-law/comment-page-1/#comment-6461 Michael Antoniewicz II Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:33:16 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=772#comment-6461 So let me get this straight. NASA has an estimated $760 Million in hurricane damage. HR 2863 provided NASA with $350 Million to start repairs to Stennis and Michoud. But because NASA is a NON-defence related agency (yeah, right!) it is taxed 1% of it's budget to help pay for hurricane relief and repart costs that the Federal Government is picking up. So NASA has to give back (or, since this is the government doing the accounting, have the money skimed off the top of the budget before NASA ever sees it) $180 Million. Therefore NASA has $760 Million in needed hurricane repairs, got $350 Million in to start the repairs, and had to give back $180 Million to help the government pay for hurricane repairs. Only in America.... So let me get this straight.

NASA has an estimated $760 Million in hurricane damage.

HR 2863 provided NASA with $350 Million to start repairs to Stennis and Michoud.

But because NASA is a NON-defence related agency (yeah, right!) it is taxed 1% of it’s budget to help pay for hurricane relief and repart costs that the Federal Government is picking up.

So NASA has to give back (or, since this is the government doing the accounting, have the money skimed off the top of the budget before NASA ever sees it) $180 Million.

Therefore NASA has $760 Million in needed hurricane repairs, got $350 Million in to start the repairs, and had to give back $180 Million to help the government pay for hurricane repairs.

Only in America….

]]> By: Donald F. Robertson http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/12/30/authorization-bill-katrina-relief-signed-into-law/comment-page-1/#comment-6460 Donald F. Robertson Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:13:35 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=772#comment-6460 <i>including the transfer of $85 million from the commercial ISS resupply program in 2006 to cover hurricane costs; it helps explain why the funding profile for the program is backloaded.</i> I have argued, and I think many here agree with me, that in the long haul this is the most important part of what the VSE has become. Already, it is losing out to other priorities, e.g., Shuttle / Station, HLLV. NASA needs to toe the line on commercial supply. -- Donald including the transfer of $85 million from the commercial ISS resupply program in 2006 to cover hurricane costs; it helps explain why the funding profile for the program is backloaded.

I have argued, and I think many here agree with me, that in the long haul this is the most important part of what the VSE has become. Already, it is losing out to other priorities, e.g., Shuttle / Station, HLLV. NASA needs to toe the line on commercial supply.

– Donald

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