Nuclear tech increase in FY 2005 budget

摘要

Nasa Funding For nuclear-based technologies in its FY 2005 budget request has more than doubled from that in its FY 2004 enacted budget, according to the agency's budget documents released on February 2. To help meet President Bush's ambitious new goals for space exploration, NASA's total budget will increase by $1 billion over the next five years from the FY 2004 budget, an increase of approximately 5 percent per year over the next three years, and approximately 1 percent for the following two years, according to NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe. NASA's The Vision of Space Exploration, released on February 4, defines the goals on which the budget is based, including a planned nuclear power/propulsion demonstration to be conducted between the years 2015 and 2020.