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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 Office of Special Counsel has issued what the Houston Chronicle calls a “sharp reprimand” to NASA administrator Mike Griffin for appearing to endorse then-Congressman Tom DeLay last year. In a March 2006 keynote speech at the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement event, Griffin said NASA “has had no better friend” than DeLay and […] In his State of the Union address last night, President Bush said that next month he will “submit a budget that eliminates the federal deficit within the next five years.” Nevermind, of course, that the five-year goal has little meaning since in two years a new president, doubtless with new budget plans, will be in […] Earlier this week the National Academy of Sciences released a report on the state of Earth sciences from space. The report warned that the existing fleet of Earth science spacecraft could degrade significantly in the next decade because of decreased funding for such programs, especially at NASA. Without a new generation of Earth science missions, […] Yesterday marked the third anniversary of President Bush’s speech at NASA Headquarters where he unveiled the Vision for Space Exploration. The anniversary passed quietly; the closest thing to coverage of the anniversary yesterday was a Houston Chronicle article about the budget pressures facing NASA because of the lack of an FY07 budget for the agency. […] |
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