NASA Announces Fiscal Year 2012 Budget

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Feb. 14, 2011

David Weaver 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1600 
david.s.weaver@xxxxxxxx   


RELEASE: 11-041

NASA ANNOUNCES FISCAL YEAR 2012 BUDGET

WASHINGTON -- NASA announced Monday an $18.7 billion budget request 
for fiscal year 2012 that supports a reinvigorated path of 
innovation, technological development and scientific discovery. The 
budget supports all elements of NASA's 2010 Authorization Act, which 
was passed by a strong bipartisan majority of Congress and signed 
into law by President Obama. 

"This budget requires us to live within our means so we can invest in 
our future," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said. "It maintains 
our commitment to human spaceflight and provides for strong programs 
to continue the outstanding science, aeronautics research and 
education needed to win the future." 

The NASA budget includes $4.3 billion for the Space Shuttle and 
International Space Station programs, $5 billion for science, $3.9 
billion for future exploration systems and $569 million for 
aeronautics research. 

"This budget demonstrates the administration's commitment to 
maintaining NASA's leadership role in space," Deputy Administrator 
Lori Garver said. "It puts us on a path to out-innovate, out-educate 
and out-build the rest of the world." 

The budget supports the transition of the space shuttle program's 
workforce and facilities when the fleet retires this year after 30 
years of service. Among the program's many historic accomplishments 
is the construction of the International Space Station. The station 
will operate until at least 2020, allowing NASA to fully use it as a 
technology test-bed and national laboratory for human health 
research. While continuing to work with its international partners on 
station activities, NASA will select a non-profit organization to 
stimulate, develop and manage research activities on the U.S. portion 
of the station. 

NASA has prioritized funding for its partnership with the commercial 
space industry to facilitate crew and cargo transport to the station. 
Companies will innovate to provide safe, reliable and cost effective 
access to low Earth orbit. NASA also will invest in the flight 
systems to take humans beyond low Earth orbit, including a deep space 
capsule and heavy lift rocket, and key research and technology to 
enable the long journeys. 

NASA's science budget supports new missions and continued operations 
of the many observatories successfully studying Earth and space. The 
agency will launch the Mars Science Laboratory in fiscal year 2012 
and continue work on a wide range of astrophysics, heliophysics and 
Earth science missions. 

The 2012 budget request continues NASA's commitment to enhancing 
aviation safety and airspace efficiency, and reducing the 
environmental impact of aviation. NASA also remains dedicated to 
developing the next generation of technology leaders through vital 
programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. 

"We had to make some tough choices, but the budget gives us a plan for 
sustainable and affordable exploration," said NASA's Chief Financial 
Officer Elizabeth Robinson. "We're looking at new ways of doing 
business that improve program management and delivers even greater 
results to the American taxpayers." 

The NASA budget and supporting information are available at: 



http://www.nasa.gov/budget   

	
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