In article , Jorge R. Frank wrote:

Any idea what programs the $11B will be diverted from? I haven't seen
any rumors about what gets the axe yet...

A lot of that (sheer majority) will come from the Shuttle retirement.

No. The numbers above refer only to the next five years. Shuttle retirement
doesn't happen until 2010.

Would it really take that long for Core Complete? Considering that prior to
107, there was apparently some managerial expectation of a significant
milestone to happen in February 2003 or around then from my recollection of
a CAIB report comment.

Although if that's indeed the case for 2010, and if one assumes the budget
pain would be roughly even for at least most of the next 6 years... $11B /
6 would be just under $2B/year to be diverted.

Considering NASA's total budget was about $15B in 2003, that's a net
reduction of about 13.3% on an annual basis... 80% (or somewhere around
there) of the overall NASA budget is used for human spaceflight IIRC. I
wonder which projects are going up on the chopping block.

-Dan