Winners and Losers in Proposed 2006 NASA Budget;
Planetary Society Presents to Congress

Report from Capitol Hill
by Lori Garver
The Planetary Society's Washington Representative

February 23, 2005:

NASA Budget Proposal Submitted to Congress

President Bush continued to support NASA and the Vision for Space Exploration in the 2006 budget request, delivered to Congress on February 7. NASA's 2006 budget is proposed at $16.45 billion -- a 2.4 percent increase over 2005. While the White House had projected an increase of 3.1 percent, NASA is one of the few non-defense related agencies to see an increase. Winners in the proposed 2006 budget include exploration activities such as the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) -- which has small cuts, but remains on schedule; the Space Shuttle -- which has increased to $5 billion including increases for Return to Flight, the International Space Station -- receiving $1.8 billion and a stable Space Science Budget. The biggest losers in budget submission include the Hubble Servicing Mission -- which was cancelled, the JIMO Mission -- which has been deferred in favor of nearer term technology demonstrations of nuclear reactor technology and Aeronautics -- which is seeing a 25% decrease over the next 4 years.

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