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Some quick takes on the proposed FY2008 NASA budget: House Science and Technology Committee chairman Bart Gordon is critical of the budget, claiming that the administration isn’t offering the agency enough money to carry out all of its missions. “Exploration and human space flight are important long-term missions for the agency and our country. So […] Here are the most basic numbers for NASA in the proposed FY2008 budget released this morning by the White House: Science, Aeronautics, and Exploration: $10.483B Exploration Capabilities: $6.792B Office of Inspector General $0.035B TOTAL: $17.310B That would be an increase of over one billion dollars compared to what the agency will most likely get for […] Today the Bush Administration will release its proposed FY2008 budget; the overall budget will be out later this morning and NASA will have a briefing at 1 pm EST this afternoon to go over the agency budget in more detail. This. of course, while the agency still doesn’t have an FY2007 budget, although the Senate […] Space News [subscription required] reported this afternoon that the Bush Administration will request $17.3 billion for NASA in its FY2008 budget proposal, scheduled to be released Monday morning. There are no other details about the budget beyond that topline figure in the article. The budget would be about a 3 percent increase over its original […] After last month’s Chinese ASAT test, many people speculated that this would put a damper on potential civil space cooperation between the US and China. Those people appear to be right. The Washington Times reports today that the Bush administration has “suspended” any plans for such cooperation. “We believe China’s development and testing of such […] Yesterday the full House, as expected, approved the joint funding resolution that the appropriations committee passed on Tuesday. The vote was not strictly on party lines, with 57 Republicans voting for the resolution while only two Democrats (including Dennis Kucinich) crossing over to oppose it. The House did not change the NASA funding levels in […] The Hampton Roads Daily Press reports that a “slew” of NASA officials went to the Virginia state capital yesterday to lobby the state to better support the aerospace industry in the state. The visitors, who included the directors of NASA Langley and NASA Wallops, didn’t make requests for specific programs in the state, but said […] |
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