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Not entirely on NASA, Congress slashed their budget causing a -$500M hole, with future years budget not looking to fare much better so they had to make some tou

Not entirely on NASA, Congress slashed their budget causing a -$500M hole, with future years budget not looking to fare much better so they had to make some tough decisions. Sounds like other missions in the same program are going to pick up VIPER's objectives though.

bko 2y ago
Sure looks like they cut it 2% in 2024, but they've increased it every year over the last 10 years, even in real terms (maybe 2022/2023 was a bit under flat) Year Budget Change 2000 13,428 2001 14,095 4.97% 2002 14,405 2.20% 2003 14,610 1.42% 2004 15,152 3.71% 2005 15,602 2.97% 2006 15,125 -3.06% 2007 15,861 4.87% 2008 17,833 12.43% 2009 17,782 -0.29% 2010 18,724 5.30% 2011 18,448 -1.47% 2012 17,770 -3.68% 2013 16,865 -5.09% 2014 17,647 4.64% 2015 18,010 2.06% 2016 19,300 7.16% 2017 19,508 1.08% 2018 20,736 6.29% 2019 21,500 3.68% 2020 22,629 5.25% 2021 23,271 2.84% 2022 24,041 3.31% 2023 25,384 5.59% 2024 24,875 -2.01% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA
- zamadatix 2y ago
  In real terms that looks pretty flat for both the last 10 years and since the beginning of the list. Doesn't explain the project cut but also isn't really real budget growth either.
- bryanlarsen 2y ago
  The problem is that most of that budget is earmarked for huge money-wasters like SLS, and those earmarks are growing. So the non-earmarked budget shrinks.
  - xenadu02 2y ago
    This is a huge part of it. Congress might increase the budget by 3% but when they force something like SLS on NASA that eats 6% of the budget in real terms it was a 3% cut. And this assumes the employees don't deserve any raises or bonuses.
- Retric 2y ago
  You’re looking at the Nominal Dollars (Millions) column which is meaningless. The 2023 Constant Dollars (Millions) has 2010: 26,162 2015: 23,150 2020: 26,559 Then the actual budget in 2023 is down to 25,384, and 2024 is 24,124 a 5% cut from the year before. https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

bko 2y ago

Sure looks like they cut it 2% in 2024, but they've increased it every year over the last 10 years, even in real terms (maybe 2022/2023 was a bit under flat) Year Budget Change 2000 13,428 2001 14,095 4.97% 2002 14,405 2.20% 2003 14,610 1.42% 2004 15,152 3.71% 2005 15,602 2.97% 2006 15,125 -3.06% 2007 15,861 4.87% 2008 17,833 12.43% 2009 17,782 -0.29% 2010 18,724 5.30% 2011 18,448 -1.47% 2012 17,770 -3.68% 2013 16,865 -5.09% 2014 17,647 4.64% 2015 18,010 2.06% 2016 19,300 7.16% 2017 19,508 1.08% 2018 20,736 6.29% 2019 21,500 3.68% 2020 22,629 5.25% 2021 23,271 2.84% 2022 24,041 3.31% 2023 25,384 5.59% 2024 24,875 -2.01% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA

zamadatix 2y ago
In real terms that looks pretty flat for both the last 10 years and since the beginning of the list. Doesn't explain the project cut but also isn't really real budget growth either.
bryanlarsen 2y ago
The problem is that most of that budget is earmarked for huge money-wasters like SLS, and those earmarks are growing. So the non-earmarked budget shrinks.
- xenadu02 2y ago
  This is a huge part of it. Congress might increase the budget by 3% but when they force something like SLS on NASA that eats 6% of the budget in real terms it was a 3% cut. And this assumes the employees don't deserve any raises or bonuses.
Retric 2y ago
You’re looking at the Nominal Dollars (Millions) column which is meaningless. The 2023 Constant Dollars (Millions) has 2010: 26,162 2015: 23,150 2020: 26,559 Then the actual budget in 2023 is down to 25,384, and 2024 is 24,124 a 5% cut from the year before. https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/