----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 11:51 PM Subject: NASA Historical budget
> I did a bit of research, and have come up with the following numbers for > NASA's budget decade by decade. For the '60s, I had to do a bit of > estimation for '60 and 61, but the number shouldn't be too far off, because > that was before the NASA budget really took off. > > In constant 2002 dollars the budget was > > 60s 187 billion > 70s 127 billion > 80s 122 billion > 90s 163 billion > > Think of what was accomplished in the '60s compared to the '80s and '90s > put together. It isn't just the money. > Now divide it by the number of missions per decade. That would change things a bit. (Of course you have to subtract all the non-manned mission cost centers to get an accurate reading.) As a percentage of GDP is also interesting. I wish I had those figures handy too. rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
