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NASA Budget 1958 - 2003 in constant (1996) dollars
Rusty Barton wrote in
: On 17 Jul 2003 00:30:59 GMT, "Jorge R. Frank" wrote: Cool! Where'd you find the 1958-61 numbers? I've only been able to find back to 1962: NASA Budget info 1958 - 1961: http://www.richardb.us/nasa.htm - near bottom of page http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4102/ch7.htm Table 7-1 "Expenditures" http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/digest2001/tables/dt035.asp - Federal Thanks! But what do we have for around $ 370-billion? 3 old shuttles, 2 heaps of shuttle fragments, 1 incomplete space station, And what did we get for Apollo? Two lawn-ornament Saturn Vs, several museum-piece CMs, a virtual scrap-heap of spent S-IBs and S-ICs on the Atlantic floor, and 800 lbs of rocks? Sure, that's a very utilitarian way of looking at Apollo, but it's equivalent to the view of the shuttle that you give. a few planetary missions A few? During the period you give (1970-2003), we got two Venus orbiters (one carrying several atmospheric probes), several Mars orbiters and landers, three Mars rovers, flybys of all the other planets except Pluto, and orbiters of Jupiter and Saturn. We also got the Great Observatories - Hubble, Compton, Chandra, and the upcoming SIRTF. -- JRF Reply-to address spam-proofed - to reply by E-mail, check "Organization" (I am not assimilated) and think one step ahead of IBM. |
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NASA Budget 1958 - 2003 in constant (1996) dollars
In news:Jorge R. Frank typed:
Rusty Barton wrote in : But what do we have for around $ 370-billion? 3 old shuttles, 2 heaps of shuttle fragments, 1 incomplete space station, And what did we get for Apollo? Two lawn-ornament Saturn Vs, several museum-piece CMs, a virtual scrap-heap of spent S-IBs and S-ICs on the Atlantic floor, and 800 lbs of rocks? Sure, that's a very utilitarian way of looking at Apollo, but it's equivalent to the view of the shuttle that you give. a few planetary missions A few? During the period you give (1970-2003), we got two Venus orbiters (one carrying several atmospheric probes), several Mars orbiters and landers, three Mars rovers, flybys of all the other planets except Pluto, and orbiters of Jupiter and Saturn. We also got the Great Observatories - Hubble, Compton, Chandra, and the upcoming SIRTF. Well said, Jorge. But I always wonder why so many people bitch and whine and moan about NASA. Does not NASA do what Congress allows and is willing to pay for? The bitching and whining and moaning would be better directed to your local congress critter if you hope to accomplish any progressive change in NASA. Or am I wrong in this attitude? -- Mike __________________________________________________ ______ "Colorado Ski Country, USA" Come often, Ski hard, Spend *lots* of money, Then leave as quickly as you can. |
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