Zwraca uwagę propozycja wzrostu 140 mln na kosmiczne technologie i spadek o 690 mln na SLS. Może to dobry trend w sytuacji , że nie bardzo wiadomo jakie będą następne cele tej ciężkiej rakiety. Z tego punktu widzenia lepiej by była ona w gotowości później niż wcześniej. Czyli wg mnie gorzej by było , gdyby była zbudowana, a nie miałaby za bardzo dokąd latać.
The account facing the biggest cut is exploration systems, which would receive $3.3 billion in the proposal, down nearly $700 million from the final omnibus bill. The proposal offers $1.31 billion for SLS, a cut of nearly $700 million from what it received in 2016, and $1.12 billion for the Orion crew vehicle, a cut of about $150 million.
Radzanowski said that the budget supports a 2018 launch of the first SLS/Orion mission, Exploration Mission (EM) 1, and a 2023 launch of EM-2. Progress made to date thanks to increased funding, though, could still allow an EM-2 launch as early as 2021.
NASA Budget Proposal (in millions of dollars)
Account FY16 Omnibus FY17 Request Difference
SCIENCE $5,589.4 $5,600.5 $11.1
– Earth Science $1,921.0 $2,032.2 $111.2
– Planetary Science $1,631.0 $1,518.7 -$112.3
– Astrophysics $730.6 $781.5 $50.9
– JWST $620.0 $569.4 -$50.6
– Heliophysics $649.8 $698.7 $48.9
– Education $37.0 $0.0 -$37.0
SPACE TECHNOLOGY $686.5 $826.7 $140.2
AERONAUTICS $640.0 $790.4 $150.4
EXPLORATION $4,030.0 $3,336.9 -$693.1
– SLS $2,000.0 $1,310.3 -$689.7
– Orion $1,270.0 $1,119.8 -$150.2
– Ground Systems $410.0 $429.4 $19.4
– Exploration R&D $350.0 $477.3 $127.3
SPACE OPERATIONS $5,029.2 $5,075.8 $46.6
– ISS – $1,430.7 –
– Space and Flight Support – $887.4 –
– Commercial Crew $1,243.8 $1,184.8 -$59.0
– Crew and Cargo – $1,572.8 –
EDUCATION $115.0 $100.1 -$14.9
SAFETY, SECURITY, AND MISSION SERVICES $2,768.6 $2,836.8 $68.2
CONSTRUCTION $388.9 $419.8 $30.9
INSPECTOR GENERAL $37.4 $38.1 $0.7
TOTAL $19,285.0 $19,025.1 -$259.9
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