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NASA's budget peaked in 1964–66 when it consumed roughly 4% of all federal spending. 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.
[3] [4] However, the claim that NASA spent millions on the Space Pen is incorrect, as the Fisher pen was developed using private capital, not government funding. The development of the thixotropic ink cost Paul Fisher around $1 million (equivalent to $10 million in 2023). [5] NASA, and the Soviets, [4] [6] [7] eventually began purchasing such pens.
While much of NASA's attention turned to space, it did not put aside its aeronautics mission. ... Expedition crew members typically spend approximately six months on ...
NASA expects to retire the International Space Station by the end of the decade. The agency is turning to private companies to build new alternatives. NASA plans to spend up to $400 million on ...
SpaceX has had several fixed-price contracts with NASA, including a $1.6 billion contract in 2008 for 12 missions under the agency's Commercial Resupply Services program and a $2.6 billion ...
At launch, NASA had spent approximately US$4.7 billion in inflation-adjusted 2010 dollars on the project. [74] Hubble's cumulative costs are estimated to be about US$11.3 billion in 2015 dollars, which include all subsequent servicing costs, but not ongoing operations, making it the most expensive science mission in NASA history.
For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon - We did that 50 years ago. They should be focused on the much bigger things we are doing, including Mars ...
[23] [24] This was the first time NASA did not specifically list space exploration as a priority. [25] The NASA Authorization Act of 2010, passed on October 11, 2010, authorized funds for NASA for fiscal year 2011–2013, and enacted many of his stated space policy goals. A total of $58 billion in funding is called for, spread across three years.