Comments on: Scrambling for dollars http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/01/05/scrambling-for-dollars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scrambling-for-dollars Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Kevin Parkin http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/01/05/scrambling-for-dollars/#comment-6514 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:08:09 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=777#comment-6514 (Jeff, please can you delete previous post as links only working in this one)

In general I couldn’t agree more, though in this case AAAS compiled the figures and to their credit break them down in all kinds of interesting ways:

http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/fy06.htm

Take a look at the Supplemental Tables and Charts:

Table A. "FS&T Budget" by Agency

Table B. Congressional Earmarks for R&D by Agency and Program

Trends in Federal R&D, FY 1976-2006

FY 2006 R&D Appropriations (Final vs. Request)

Trends in Federal R&D as % of GDP, FY 1976-2006

Trends in Nondefense R&D, FY 1976-2006

Trends in Defense R&D, FY 1976-2006

Trends in Research, FY 1995-2006

Trends in Basic Research, FY 1975-2006

Trends in Federal R&D, FY 1990-2006 (DOD, NIH, NASA, NSF, DOE)

Trends in Federal R&D, FY 1990-2006 (USDA, DOC, DOI, DOT, EPA)

]]> By: Kevin Parkin http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/01/05/scrambling-for-dollars/#comment-6513 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 21:59:00 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=777#comment-6513 In general I couldn’t agree more, though in this case AAAS compiled the figures and to their credit break them down in all kinds of interesting ways:

http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/fy06.htm

Take a look at the Supplemental Tables and Charts:

Historical Federal R&D by Agency, 1976-2006 (current dollars)

Historical Federal R&D by Agency, 1976-2006 (CONSTANT FY 2005 dollars)

Table A. "FS&T Budget" by Agency

Table B. Congressional Earmarks for R&D by Agency and Program

Trends in Federal R&D, FY 1976-2006

FY 2006 R&D Appropriations (Final vs. Request)

Trends in Federal R&D as % of GDP, FY 1976-2006

Trends in Nondefense R&D, FY 1976-2006

Trends in Defense R&D, FY 1976-2006

Trends in Research, FY 1995-2006

Trends in Basic Research, FY 1975-2006

Trends in Federal R&D, FY 1990-2006 (DOD, NIH, NASA, NSF, DOE)

Trends in Federal R&D, FY 1990-2006 (USDA, DOC, DOI, DOT, EPA)

]]> By: Rand Simberg http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/01/05/scrambling-for-dollars/#comment-6512 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:44:21 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=777#comment-6512 And as usual, we seem unable to make critical distinctions between “science,” “R&D,” and “technology.”

These are all different animals, but they tend to get lumped into the same federal cubbyhole.

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