The secret of NASA budgets

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nick hoffman — 9/3/2007 11:35:19 AM (archived)

nasa NEVER budgets for the full lifetime cost of anything. They budget to get it up in space for a "nominal" mission. Then, when it's up there and working, they come back and ask for more money to keep it running.

Every Mars mission has been like this. A nominal 1 month mission, then a request for more funds for the next 1 or 2 or 3 years...

I think ISS will be like this. Current funds will be ENTIRELY expended in building it. Then, when it's built, there'll be a request for more funds to OPERATE it...

(And the funding bodies have historically ALWAYS given way to this subtle variant of blackmail)

So don't worry...

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NASA wants to bring down ISS after 2014....Why bother building it in the first place? - Jacob Samorodin - 9/1/2007 9:10:38 PM
- I think what you are seeing is the not so subtle shift in budgetary priorities. - TAFKASE - 9/4/2007 6:12:50 PM
- The secret of NASA budgets - nick hoffman - 9/3/2007 11:35:19 AM
- Meanwhile, Bigelow might have first habitable module up by 2010. - TB - 9/1/2007 10:52:43 PM
  - Bigs is skipping the Galaxy Module and going right to Sundancer - Buck Galaxy - 9/2/2007 8:25:06 PM
    - There won't be any early ISS deorbiting - Raoul - 9/2/2007 8:52:40 PM
      - Docking - TB - 9/2/2007 9:19:48 PM
- Where does that come from? - Raoul - 9/1/2007 10:39:13 PM
  - Here's the URL you're looking for, Raoul. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/3/2007 7:36:59 PM
    - Hmm - Raoul - 9/3/2007 9:56:39 PM
      - re: Hmm - Marcia - 9/4/2007 1:02:37 AM
        
        I know, I know, Marcia! :-) (n/t) - Raoul - 9/4/2007 5:31:07 AM
        
        re: I know, I know, Marcia! :-) - Merci. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/5/2007 3:26:55 AM
- It's the product of a throw away space program. - Lee - 9/1/2007 9:48:23 PM
- ISS was never anything but a Reagan propaganda gadget. - Bowser - 9/1/2007 9:28:32 PM
  - The purposes of a space station - Raoul - 9/1/2007 11:12:01 PM
    - re: The purposes of a space station - James Brown - 9/2/2007 4:47:09 PM
      - Reasons for space afficionados - Raoul - 9/2/2007 7:15:28 PM
        
        I'm fine with the station. Just wish Bush did not cripple it and it was performing the science it was designed to. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/3/2007 5:59:35 AM
        
        Can you explain that? (n/t) - TB - 9/3/2007 6:07:25 AM
        
        Declaring that the crew module and the return flight module would not be built on schedule. - alcaray - 9/3/2007 7:45:13 AM
        
        Orion - Raoul - 9/3/2007 4:25:56 PM
        
        The ISS is on a deadend street. - Lee - 9/3/2007 2:16:00 AM
        
        Ditto. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/3/2007 7:37:43 PM
        
        re: Reasons for space afficionados - James Brown - 9/3/2007 1:31:22 AM

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