NASA Receives Clean Audit Opinion “NASA has released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Performance and Accountability Report (PAR), which provides a summary of the agency’s annual performance and financial information. […]
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NASA Budget Numbers in The Minibus Bill
Keith’s note: Conferees filed their conference report for the first minibus appropriations bill Monday night. This is what they propose for NASA: – NASA (whole agency): $17.8 billion – ISS: […]
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Rep. Wolf Is Going After OSTP's Budget
AAAS Letter Expresses “Grave Concerns” for OSTP Budget “In a letter dated 8 November 2011, AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner, executive publisher of Science, expressed “grave concerns regarding the prospect […]
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NASA Budget: What to Cut, What To Save?
Budget pressures squeeze the dreams of Mars explorers, Washington Post “At a White House meeting during the last week of October, administration officials “were clearly not very keen on signing […]
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House Republican Deficit Recommendations
Republicans Send Deficit Reduction Recommendations to Select Committee (NASA excerpts) “Cancellation of OCO-2 mission … Reduce by 20% “Other Missions and Data Analysis” account within the Earth Systematic Missions … […]
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NASA Money Sponge Update
Editorial: Identify JWST’s Bill Payers, editorial, Space News “… the Space Launch System, which per the House and Senate spending bills is slated to receive nearly $2 billion next year, […]
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House Appropriators Ask NASA For Webb Cost Info (Again)
Letter from Rep. Frank Wolf to OMB Director Jacob Lew Regarding James Webb Space Telescope “In the coming weeks, the House and Senate will sit down to negotiate final appropriations […]
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Senate Approps Cuts NASA Budget, Boosts Webb
FY2012 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee Mark – NASA Excerpt * The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is funded at $17.9 billion, a reduction of $509 million or 2.8 […]
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Will The Webb Money Sponge Drain Funds From The Rest of NASA?
Webb telescope gets rescued in the Senate, Nature “At the subcommittee meeting today, the Senator said the beleaguered mission would get $530 million in 2012 — much more than the […]
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NASA's Internal SLS Cost Scenarios (Full Document)
NASA Internal Briefing: ESD Integration: Budget Availability Scenarios, August 19, 2011 This document covers four budgetary and Congressional scenarios whereby NASA would build the Space Launch System (SLS). NASA Sees […]