Congress Grants $16.2 Billion Budget for NASA

摘要

NASA is heading into 2005 with nearly every dollar of its $16.2 billion budget request approved by Congress. To NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, the hard fought budget victory is nothing short of a mandate to pursue the space exploration agenda articulated by President George W. Bush just over 10 months ago. NASA was by far the biggest winner in the $388 billion omnibus spending bill Congress approved Nov. 20. Many federal agencies will have less money to work with next year as a result of Congress holding overall growth in domestic discretionary spending to less than 1 percent. NASA, however, is heading into 2005 with an $822 million raise, a 5.3 percent increase over 2004.