NASA Budget
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Each year, Congress passes a Federal Budget detailing where federal money will be spent in the coming year. This article examines how much one federal agency, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) which funds space exploration and research, is allotted each year over the past 50.
[edit] Yearly budgets
| Dollars In 1958 Adjusted For Inflation | Dollars 1996 | CPI 2001 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 0.089 | 0.488 | 0.1828 |
| 1959 | 0.145 | 0.781 | 0.1862 |
| 1960 | 0.401 | 2.145 | 0.187 |
| 1961 | 0.744 | 3.879 | 0.1919 |
| 1962 | 1.257 | 6.554 | 0.1918 |
| 1963 | 2.552 | 12.767 | 0.1999 |
| 1964 | 4.171 | 20.587 | 0.2026 |
| 1965 | 5.093 | 24.795 | 0.2054 |
| 1966 | 5.933 | 26.820 | 0.2212 |
| 1967 | 5.426 | 24.798 | 0.2188 |
| 1968 | 4.724 | 20.664 | 0.2286 |
| 1969 | 4.253 | 17.537 | 0.2425 |
| 1970 | 3.755 | 14.616 | 0.2569 |
| 1971 | 3.381 | 12.356 | 0.2736 |
| 1972 | 3.435 | 11.787 | 0.2914 |
| 1973 | 3.324 | 10.910 | 0.3047 |
| 1974 | 3.252 | 9.790 | 0.3322 |
| 1975 | 3.330 | 9.111 | 0.3655 |
| 1976 | 3.670 | 9.356 | 0.3922 |
| 1977 | 3.944 | 9.297 | 0.4242 |
| 1978 | 3.980 | 8.798 | 0.4524 |
| 1979 | 4.187 | 8.540 | 0.4903 |
| 1980 | 4.850 | 8.966 | 0.5409 |
| 1981 | 5.421 | 9.089 | 0.5965 |
| 1982 | 6.026 | 9.436 | 0.6386 |
| 1983 | 6.664 | 9.973 | 0.6682 |
| 1984 | 7.048 | 10.050 | 0.7013 |
| 1985 | 7.251 | 9.996 | 0.7254 |
| 1986 | 7.403 | 9.960 | 0.7433 |
| 1987 | 7.591 | 9.940 | 0.7637 |
| 1988 | 9.092 | 11.540 | 0.7879 |
| 1989 | 11.036 | 13.506 | 0.8171 |
| 1990 | 12.429 | 14.714 | 0.8447 |
| 1991 | 13.878 | 15.735 | 0.882 |
| 1992 | 13.961 | 15.310 | 0.9119 |
| 1993 | 14.305 | 15.301 | 0.9349 |
| 1994 | 13.695 | 14.351 | 0.9543 |
| 1995 | 13.377 | 13.692 | 0.977 |
| 1996 | 13.882 | 13.882 | 1.00 |
| 1997 | 14.358 | 14.067 | 1.0207 |
| 1998 | 13.638 | 13.193 | 1.0337 |
| 1999 | 13.665 | 12.999 | 1.0512 |
| 2000 | 13.601 | 12.618 | 1.0779 |
| 2001 | 14.253 | 12.884 | 1.1062 |
| 2002 | 14.902 | 13.305 | 1.12 (est) |
| 2003 | 15.00 | 13.158 | 1.14 (est) |
| 2004 | 15.470 | 13.452 | 1.15 (est) |
| 2005 | 16.043 | 13.711 | 1.17 (est) |
[edit] Annual budget breakdown by state
It should be noted however that the claim that NASA's expenditures boost the economies in every state is highly misleading as it neglects to point out that NASA is funded by tax dollars. Every dollar NASA spends represents one less dollar that would be spent or invested elsewhere, either by another government agency or by the taxpayer. Thus, the effect of NASA spending is offset by that fact that dollars are removed from the economy (via taxation) before they are given to NASA. The omission of this detail is highly suspect because it represents either intentional misrepresentation or a lack of a basic understanding of economics. The economic impact would likely be more nearly accurate if it included the amount of money spent by NASA in each state less the amount of money that that particular state contributed to the program via taxation. This calculation would paint a less rosy picture of the effect NASA funding. Moreover, it would show that this distribution represents a zero sum game. In other words, for any particular state to receive more money than it put in at least one other state would have to receive LESS than it contributed.
