Funding the Final Frontier

SPACE SHUTTLE AND CONSTELLATION FLEETS SET TO RETIRE FUNDING THE FINAL FRONTIER The Future of Space Exploration According to the 2011 Five-Year NASA Budget The NASA Space Shuttle program, officially launched on January 5, 1972, will cease operation after its final mission to the ISS is undertaken in 2011. Funding for the NASA Constellation program, the program expected to replace the Space Shuttle, will also be dropped. February 1, 2010 "Today we are launching a bold and ambitious new space initiative to enable us to explore new worlds, develop more innovative technologies, foster new industries, increase our understanding of the earth, expand our presence in the solar system, and inspire the next-generation of explorers..." -Charles Bolden, NASA Administrotor NASA DIRECTORATE FIVE YEAR BUDGET EXPLORATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT THE NEW NASA BUDGET MEANS A SHIFT IN FOCUS AWAY FROM MANNED SPACEFLIGHT, TO THREE NEW ROBUST EXPLORATION PROGRAMS: MAIN DEPARTMENT BUDGETS ALL FIGURES ARE IN BILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS $100 BILLION CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION HEAVY-LIFT AND PROPULSION R&D TOTAL FIVE YEAR BUDGET BUDGET OUTLAYS: $7.8 BILLION BUDGET OUTLAYS: $3.1 BILLION *Due to rounding, percents may not equal 100 Astrophysics $5.6 Space Technology $4.9 SPACE OPERATIONS $21.9 21.9% EXPLORATION 2011 $652 m 2012 $1.262 b 2013 2014 $2.013b 2015 $2.087 b 2011 $559 m 2012 $594 m 2013 $597 m 2014 $598 m 2015 $754 m 21% Heliophysics $1.808 b $23.7 23.7% $3.4 13% FLAGSHIP DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM COST AND DEVELOPMENT TIME REDUCTION Expands the capabilities of future exploration activities, including in-orbit refueling and storage. This program will both reduce costs and shorten development timeframes for future heavy-lift systems SCIENCE SCIENCE $27.3 27.3% and next-generation space -03:00:00 propulsion technologies. $27.3 billion Demonstrates critical technologies such as in-orbit propellant transfer and storage, inflatable modules, automated/autonomous rendezvous 29% 37% AERONAUTICS AND SPACE RESEARCH AND Planetary Science $7.9 TECHNOLOGY and docking, closed-loop life support systems, and other next-generation capabilities. TARGET RED ACTIVITIES 38% 63% $7.9 billion New approaches to first-stage launch propulsion. Earth Science Aeronautics Research $5.6 ENABLING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM In-space advanced engine technology development and demonstrations. SUB DEPARTMENT $3 Pursues smaller scale projects (less than $100 million) that are competitively selected and can involve commercial, academic, and international partners. BUDGETS Space Shuttle $1.1 '5% Foundational (basic) Demonstrates a broad range of key technologies, including in-situ resource utilization and advanced in-space propulsion. propulsion research. Center Management and Operations $12.2 74% SPACE OPERATIONS 70% 25% $21.9 billion CROSS-AGENCY ROBOTIC PRECURSOR MISSIONS SUPPORT BUDGET OUTLAYS: $3.0 BILLION EXPANSION OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION IN SPACE $16.4 billion 2011 $125 m INSPECTOR GENERAL $0.2 0.2% Sends robotic precursor missions to the Moon, Mars, its moons, and nearby asteroids, to scout targets for future human activities, and identify the hazards and resources that will determine the future course of the expansion of 2012 $506 m 26% International SpaceStation human civilization into space. 2013 $699 m $15.3 Space and Flight Support CROSS AGENCY SUPPORT $16.4 16.4% Enhances the current Human Research Program by 42 percent and supports the Participatory Exploration Program. 2014 $797 m EDUCATION $0.7 0.7% Agency Management and Operations $5.5 $4.2 2015 $923 m FUTURE MISSIONS Landing on the Moon with a robot that can be tele-operated from Earth and can transmit near-live video. CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION $1.9 1.9% AERONAUTICS AND SPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY $7.9 7.9% Demonstrating a factory to process lunar or asteroid materials. A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE Sources: nasa.gov | compositesworld.com SPACE SHUTTLE AND CONSTELLATION FLEETS SET TO RETIRE FUNDING THE FINAL FRONTIER The Future of Space Exploration According to the 2011 Five-Year NASA Budget The NASA Space Shuttle program, officially launched on January 5, 1972, will cease operation after its final mission to the ISS is undertaken in 2011. Funding for the NASA Constellation program, the program expected to replace the Space Shuttle, will also be dropped. February 1, 2010 "Today we are launching a bold and ambitious new space initiative to enable us to explore new worlds, develop more innovative technologies, foster new industries, increase our understanding of the earth, expand our presence in the solar system, and inspire the next-generation of explorers..." -Charles Bolden, NASA Administrotor NASA DIRECTORATE FIVE YEAR BUDGET EXPLORATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT THE NEW NASA BUDGET MEANS A SHIFT IN FOCUS AWAY FROM MANNED SPACEFLIGHT, TO THREE NEW ROBUST EXPLORATION PROGRAMS: MAIN DEPARTMENT BUDGETS ALL FIGURES ARE IN BILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS $100 BILLION CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION HEAVY-LIFT AND PROPULSION R&D TOTAL FIVE YEAR BUDGET BUDGET OUTLAYS: $7.8 BILLION BUDGET OUTLAYS: $3.1 BILLION *Due to rounding, percents may not equal 100 Astrophysics $5.6 Space Technology $4.9 SPACE OPERATIONS $21.9 21.9% EXPLORATION 2011 $652 m 2012 $1.262 b 2013 2014 $2.013b 2015 $2.087 b 2011 $559 m 2012 $594 m 2013 $597 m 2014 $598 m 2015 $754 m 21% Heliophysics $1.808 b $23.7 23.7% $3.4 13% FLAGSHIP DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM COST AND DEVELOPMENT TIME REDUCTION Expands the capabilities of future exploration activities, including in-orbit refueling and storage. This program will both reduce costs and shorten development timeframes for future heavy-lift systems SCIENCE SCIENCE $27.3 27.3% and next-generation space -03:00:00 propulsion technologies. $27.3 billion Demonstrates critical technologies such as in-orbit propellant transfer and storage, inflatable modules, automated/autonomous rendezvous 29% 37% AERONAUTICS AND SPACE RESEARCH AND Planetary Science $7.9 TECHNOLOGY and docking, closed-loop life support systems, and other next-generation capabilities. TARGET RED ACTIVITIES 38% 63% $7.9 billion New approaches to first-stage launch propulsion. Earth Science Aeronautics Research $5.6 ENABLING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM In-space advanced engine technology development and demonstrations. SUB DEPARTMENT $3 Pursues smaller scale projects (less than $100 million) that are competitively selected and can involve commercial, academic, and international partners. BUDGETS Space Shuttle $1.1 '5% Foundational (basic) Demonstrates a broad range of key technologies, including in-situ resource utilization and advanced in-space propulsion. propulsion research. Center Management and Operations $12.2 74% SPACE OPERATIONS 70% 25% $21.9 billion CROSS-AGENCY ROBOTIC PRECURSOR MISSIONS SUPPORT BUDGET OUTLAYS: $3.0 BILLION EXPANSION OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION IN SPACE $16.4 billion 2011 $125 m INSPECTOR GENERAL $0.2 0.2% Sends robotic precursor missions to the Moon, Mars, its moons, and nearby asteroids, to scout targets for future human activities, and identify the hazards and resources that will determine the future course of the expansion of 2012 $506 m 26% International SpaceStation human civilization into space. 2013 $699 m $15.3 Space and Flight Support CROSS AGENCY SUPPORT $16.4 16.4% Enhances the current Human Research Program by 42 percent and supports the Participatory Exploration Program. 2014 $797 m EDUCATION $0.7 0.7% Agency Management and Operations $5.5 $4.2 2015 $923 m FUTURE MISSIONS Landing on the Moon with a robot that can be tele-operated from Earth and can transmit near-live video. CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION $1.9 1.9% AERONAUTICS AND SPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY $7.9 7.9% Demonstrating a factory to process lunar or asteroid materials. A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE Sources: nasa.gov | compositesworld.com SPACE SHUTTLE AND CONSTELLATION FLEETS SET TO RETIRE FUNDING THE FINAL FRONTIER The Future of Space Exploration According to the 2011 Five-Year NASA Budget The NASA Space Shuttle program, officially launched on January 5, 1972, will cease operation after its final mission to the ISS is undertaken in 2011. Funding for the NASA Constellation program, the program expected to replace the Space Shuttle, will also be dropped. February 1, 2010 "Today we are launching a bold and ambitious new space initiative to enable us to explore new worlds, develop more innovative technologies, foster new industries, increase our understanding of the earth, expand our presence in the solar system, and inspire the next-generation of explorers..." -Charles Bolden, NASA Administrotor NASA DIRECTORATE FIVE YEAR BUDGET EXPLORATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT THE NEW NASA BUDGET MEANS A SHIFT IN FOCUS AWAY FROM MANNED SPACEFLIGHT, TO THREE NEW ROBUST EXPLORATION PROGRAMS: MAIN DEPARTMENT BUDGETS ALL FIGURES ARE IN BILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS $100 BILLION CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION HEAVY-LIFT AND PROPULSION R&D TOTAL FIVE YEAR BUDGET BUDGET OUTLAYS: $7.8 BILLION BUDGET OUTLAYS: $3.1 BILLION *Due to rounding, percents may not equal 100 Astrophysics $5.6 Space Technology $4.9 SPACE OPERATIONS $21.9 21.9% EXPLORATION 2011 $652 m 2012 $1.262 b 2013 2014 $2.013b 2015 $2.087 b 2011 $559 m 2012 $594 m 2013 $597 m 2014 $598 m 2015 $754 m 21% Heliophysics $1.808 b $23.7 23.7% $3.4 13% FLAGSHIP DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM COST AND DEVELOPMENT TIME REDUCTION Expands the capabilities of future exploration activities, including in-orbit refueling and storage. This program will both reduce costs and shorten development timeframes for future heavy-lift systems SCIENCE SCIENCE $27.3 27.3% and next-generation space -03:00:00 propulsion technologies. $27.3 billion Demonstrates critical technologies such as in-orbit propellant transfer and storage, inflatable modules, automated/autonomous rendezvous 29% 37% AERONAUTICS AND SPACE RESEARCH AND Planetary Science $7.9 TECHNOLOGY and docking, closed-loop life support systems, and other next-generation capabilities. TARGET RED ACTIVITIES 38% 63% $7.9 billion New approaches to first-stage launch propulsion. Earth Science Aeronautics Research $5.6 ENABLING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM In-space advanced engine technology development and demonstrations. SUB DEPARTMENT $3 Pursues smaller scale projects (less than $100 million) that are competitively selected and can involve commercial, academic, and international partners. BUDGETS Space Shuttle $1.1 '5% Foundational (basic) Demonstrates a broad range of key technologies, including in-situ resource utilization and advanced in-space propulsion. propulsion research. Center Management and Operations $12.2 74% SPACE OPERATIONS 70% 25% $21.9 billion CROSS-AGENCY ROBOTIC PRECURSOR MISSIONS SUPPORT BUDGET OUTLAYS: $3.0 BILLION EXPANSION OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION IN SPACE $16.4 billion 2011 $125 m INSPECTOR GENERAL $0.2 0.2% Sends robotic precursor missions to the Moon, Mars, its moons, and nearby asteroids, to scout targets for future human activities, and identify the hazards and resources that will determine the future course of the expansion of 2012 $506 m 26% International SpaceStation human civilization into space. 2013 $699 m $15.3 Space and Flight Support CROSS AGENCY SUPPORT $16.4 16.4% Enhances the current Human Research Program by 42 percent and supports the Participatory Exploration Program. 2014 $797 m EDUCATION $0.7 0.7% Agency Management and Operations $5.5 $4.2 2015 $923 m FUTURE MISSIONS Landing on the Moon with a robot that can be tele-operated from Earth and can transmit near-live video. CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION $1.9 1.9% AERONAUTICS AND SPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY $7.9 7.9% Demonstrating a factory to process lunar or asteroid materials. A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE Sources: nasa.gov | compositesworld.com SPACE SHUTTLE AND CONSTELLATION FLEETS SET TO RETIRE FUNDING THE FINAL FRONTIER The Future of Space Exploration According to the 2011 Five-Year NASA Budget The NASA Space Shuttle program, officially launched on January 5, 1972, will cease operation after its final mission to the ISS is undertaken in 2011. Funding for the NASA Constellation program, the program expected to replace the Space Shuttle, will also be dropped. February 1, 2010 "Today we are launching a bold and ambitious new space initiative to enable us to explore new worlds, develop more innovative technologies, foster new industries, increase our understanding of the earth, expand our presence in the solar system, and inspire the next-generation of explorers..." -Charles Bolden, NASA Administrotor NASA DIRECTORATE FIVE YEAR BUDGET EXPLORATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT THE NEW NASA BUDGET MEANS A SHIFT IN FOCUS AWAY FROM MANNED SPACEFLIGHT, TO THREE NEW ROBUST EXPLORATION PROGRAMS: MAIN DEPARTMENT BUDGETS ALL FIGURES ARE IN BILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS $100 BILLION CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION HEAVY-LIFT AND PROPULSION R&D TOTAL FIVE YEAR BUDGET BUDGET OUTLAYS: $7.8 BILLION BUDGET OUTLAYS: $3.1 BILLION *Due to rounding, percents may not equal 100 Astrophysics $5.6 Space Technology $4.9 SPACE OPERATIONS $21.9 21.9% EXPLORATION 2011 $652 m 2012 $1.262 b 2013 2014 $2.013b 2015 $2.087 b 2011 $559 m 2012 $594 m 2013 $597 m 2014 $598 m 2015 $754 m 21% Heliophysics $1.808 b $23.7 23.7% $3.4 13% FLAGSHIP DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM COST AND DEVELOPMENT TIME REDUCTION Expands the capabilities of future exploration activities, including in-orbit refueling and storage. This program will both reduce costs and shorten development timeframes for future heavy-lift systems SCIENCE SCIENCE $27.3 27.3% and next-generation space -03:00:00 propulsion technologies. $27.3 billion Demonstrates critical technologies such as in-orbit propellant transfer and storage, inflatable modules, automated/autonomous rendezvous 29% 37% AERONAUTICS AND SPACE RESEARCH AND Planetary Science $7.9 TECHNOLOGY and docking, closed-loop life support systems, and other next-generation capabilities. TARGET RED ACTIVITIES 38% 63% $7.9 billion New approaches to first-stage launch propulsion. Earth Science Aeronautics Research $5.6 ENABLING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM In-space advanced engine technology development and demonstrations. SUB DEPARTMENT $3 Pursues smaller scale projects (less than $100 million) that are competitively selected and can involve commercial, academic, and international partners. BUDGETS Space Shuttle $1.1 '5% Foundational (basic) Demonstrates a broad range of key technologies, including in-situ resource utilization and advanced in-space propulsion. propulsion research. Center Management and Operations $12.2 74% SPACE OPERATIONS 70% 25% $21.9 billion CROSS-AGENCY ROBOTIC PRECURSOR MISSIONS SUPPORT BUDGET OUTLAYS: $3.0 BILLION EXPANSION OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION IN SPACE $16.4 billion 2011 $125 m INSPECTOR GENERAL $0.2 0.2% Sends robotic precursor missions to the Moon, Mars, its moons, and nearby asteroids, to scout targets for future human activities, and identify the hazards and resources that will determine the future course of the expansion of 2012 $506 m 26% International SpaceStation human civilization into space. 2013 $699 m $15.3 Space and Flight Support CROSS AGENCY SUPPORT $16.4 16.4% Enhances the current Human Research Program by 42 percent and supports the Participatory Exploration Program. 2014 $797 m EDUCATION $0.7 0.7% Agency Management and Operations $5.5 $4.2 2015 $923 m FUTURE MISSIONS Landing on the Moon with a robot that can be tele-operated from Earth and can transmit near-live video. CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION $1.9 1.9% AERONAUTICS AND SPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY $7.9 7.9% Demonstrating a factory to process lunar or asteroid materials. A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE Sources: nasa.gov | compositesworld.com SPACE SHUTTLE AND CONSTELLATION FLEETS SET TO RETIRE FUNDING THE FINAL FRONTIER The Future of Space Exploration According to the 2011 Five-Year NASA Budget The NASA Space Shuttle program, officially launched on January 5, 1972, will cease operation after its final mission to the ISS is undertaken in 2011. Funding for the NASA Constellation program, the program expected to replace the Space Shuttle, will also be dropped. February 1, 2010 "Today we are launching a bold and ambitious new space initiative to enable us to explore new worlds, develop more innovative technologies, foster new industries, increase our understanding of the earth, expand our presence in the solar system, and inspire the next-generation of explorers..." -Charles Bolden, NASA Administrotor NASA DIRECTORATE FIVE YEAR BUDGET EXPLORATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT THE NEW NASA BUDGET MEANS A SHIFT IN FOCUS AWAY FROM MANNED SPACEFLIGHT, TO THREE NEW ROBUST EXPLORATION PROGRAMS: MAIN DEPARTMENT BUDGETS ALL FIGURES ARE IN BILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS $100 BILLION CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION HEAVY-LIFT AND PROPULSION R&D TOTAL FIVE YEAR BUDGET BUDGET OUTLAYS: $7.8 BILLION BUDGET OUTLAYS: $3.1 BILLION *Due to rounding, percents may not equal 100 Astrophysics $5.6 Space Technology $4.9 SPACE OPERATIONS $21.9 21.9% EXPLORATION 2011 $652 m 2012 $1.262 b 2013 2014 $2.013b 2015 $2.087 b 2011 $559 m 2012 $594 m 2013 $597 m 2014 $598 m 2015 $754 m 21% Heliophysics $1.808 b $23.7 23.7% $3.4 13% FLAGSHIP DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM COST AND DEVELOPMENT TIME REDUCTION Expands the capabilities of future exploration activities, including in-orbit refueling and storage. This program will both reduce costs and shorten development timeframes for future heavy-lift systems SCIENCE SCIENCE $27.3 27.3% and next-generation space -03:00:00 propulsion technologies. $27.3 billion Demonstrates critical technologies such as in-orbit propellant transfer and storage, inflatable modules, automated/autonomous rendezvous 29% 37% AERONAUTICS AND SPACE RESEARCH AND Planetary Science $7.9 TECHNOLOGY and docking, closed-loop life support systems, and other next-generation capabilities. TARGET RED ACTIVITIES 38% 63% $7.9 billion New approaches to first-stage launch propulsion. Earth Science Aeronautics Research $5.6 ENABLING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM In-space advanced engine technology development and demonstrations. SUB DEPARTMENT $3 Pursues smaller scale projects (less than $100 million) that are competitively selected and can involve commercial, academic, and international partners. BUDGETS Space Shuttle $1.1 '5% Foundational (basic) Demonstrates a broad range of key technologies, including in-situ resource utilization and advanced in-space propulsion. propulsion research. Center Management and Operations $12.2 74% SPACE OPERATIONS 70% 25% $21.9 billion CROSS-AGENCY ROBOTIC PRECURSOR MISSIONS SUPPORT BUDGET OUTLAYS: $3.0 BILLION EXPANSION OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION IN SPACE $16.4 billion 2011 $125 m INSPECTOR GENERAL $0.2 0.2% Sends robotic precursor missions to the Moon, Mars, its moons, and nearby asteroids, to scout targets for future human activities, and identify the hazards and resources that will determine the future course of the expansion of 2012 $506 m 26% International SpaceStation human civilization into space. 2013 $699 m $15.3 Space and Flight Support CROSS AGENCY SUPPORT $16.4 16.4% Enhances the current Human Research Program by 42 percent and supports the Participatory Exploration Program. 2014 $797 m EDUCATION $0.7 0.7% Agency Management and Operations $5.5 $4.2 2015 $923 m FUTURE MISSIONS Landing on the Moon with a robot that can be tele-operated from Earth and can transmit near-live video. CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION $1.9 1.9% AERONAUTICS AND SPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY $7.9 7.9% Demonstrating a factory to process lunar or asteroid materials. A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE Sources: nasa.gov | compositesworld.com