lunar landing called for nine additional flights before June 1971-a
and further tight budgets brought reductions there as well. space program than to have a series of missions for which there are no
The group listed three possible NASA programs leading to a
Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia, relations between the two nations
The decline in Apollo funding was even more severe; a reduction of
NASA also develops and commercializes technology, some of which can generate over $1 billion in revenue per year over multiple yearsThe 2017 Economic Impact Report prepared by NASA for their To help with public perception and to raise awareness regarding the widespread benefits of NASA-funded programs and technologies, NASA instituted the The American public, on average, believes NASA's budget has a much larger share of the federal budget than it actually does. Hertzfeld of George Washington University observed a significant return to companies that work with NASA on its research contracts. Critics have cited more immediate concerns, like social welfare programs, as reasons to cut funding to the agency.United States. Apollo 12-15 would develop man's capability to
1968. experiments. Agreement on a
The cost of all this would reach an annual $8 billion by 1976. The agency was building up to the first Moon landing and the Apollo program was a top national priority, consuming more than half of NASA's budget and driving NASA's workforce to more than 34,000 employees and 375,000 contractors from industry and academia. 1964. DATE: January 29, 1968 PART OF: Budget of the United States Government AUTHORS: United States. and to exploit interesting new lunar features." And Apollo was a victim of its own success. Congress cut the NASA budget, NASA cancelled Apollo missions, KSC
NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. plan called for a lunar orbiting station by 1978, a lunar surface base
development funding declined from $2.9 billion in FY 1967 to $2 billion
mission. A 1997 poll reported that Americans had an average estimate of 20% for NASA's share of the federal budget, far higher than the actual 0.5% to under 1% that has been maintained throughout the late '90s and first decade of the 2000s.However, there has been a recent movement to communicate discrepancy between perception and reality of NASA's budget as well as lobbying to return the funding back to the 1970–1990 level.
There would be an average interval of six months between
With more than half a billion people watching on television, he climbs down the ladder and proclaims: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." and its contractors laid off thousands of employees - not in one fell
Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, Presidential Science Advisor,
American-Soviet relations. 1973. Edward Mathews, KSC's Apollo Program Manager, notified Debus in
United States was trailing the Soviet Union in the world's most widely
Further budget cuts in September included a $50 million
The budget also provides incentives for private businesses to partner with the government on space station operations, deep-space exploration, and small satellite groups. NASA officials reluctantly cancelled missions 18
the first time in eight years. Apollo missions would lay the
NASA program funding was somewhat reduced by Congress for the 1969 budget, shutting down the Saturn V production line and cancelling Apollo missions after Apollo 17, but NERVA remained.