Does federal law require that all of NASA's funding
come from the federal budget?

Yes. If someone wants to fund this privately, they're free to do
so--no need to give money to NASA. BRBR


If I understand it correctly, individual Federal agencies cannot accept funding
in grants, loans, or donations: any such money (and there is some left in
people's wills) simply goes into the Treasury.

I worked on a study for MSFC in 2002 on future propulsion options in which we
strongly endorsed what is now Prometheus but pushed to keep funding the BPPP as
well. So much for NASA taking MY advice


Matt Bille
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