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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. [20]
The telescopes at the Keck Observatory are used as the Keck Interferometer, another of NASA's Exoplanet Exploration programs to suffer budget cuts in 2007. [40] NASA's budget outlined plans for the three projects for fiscal year (FY) 2007. Of the three missions, SIM Lite was delayed further and the Keck Interferometer saw budget cuts.
According to NASA's 2007 budget documentation, released on 6 February 2006, [3] the project was deferred indefinitely. [4] In June 2006, a House of Representatives subcommittee voted to provide funding for the TPF along with the long-sought mission to Europa, a moon of Jupiter that might harbor extraterrestrial life. [5]
In November 2007 NASA selected the GRAIL mission as the next Discovery mission, with a goal of mapping lunar gravity and a 2011 launch. [161] There were 23 other proposals that were also under consideration. [161] The mission had a budget of US$375 million (then-year dollars) which included construction and launch. [161]
NASA terminated the COTS agreement with RpK in September 2007 after NASA warned RpK that it had failed to raise sufficient private funding by 31 July 2007 deadline, [17] [18] freeing up $175 million from the COTS budget to be awarded to another company or companies.
NASA's budget could not sustain Apollo missions which cost, on average, ... The Wonder of It All (2007) In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) [170] When We Left Earth: ...
This includes NASA's budget of $58.7 billion ($89.73 billion in 2021 dollars) for the station from 1985 to 2015, ... For example, in the first half of 2007, ...
The interferometric version of NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder mission is similar in concept to Darwin and also has very similar scientific aims. According to NASA's 2007 budget documentation, released on February 6, 2006, [8] the project was deferred indefinitely, [9] and in June 2011 the project was reported as cancelled.