Asri-unix.687
net.space
utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:C70:sri-unix!POURNE@MIT-MC
Thu Feb  4 02:37:28 1982

	The whole space community, with, I thnk, particular
credit to L-5 Society, deserves a couplee attaboys.  I'll take a
bit of the plaudits because of the Citizens Council activity
(and Danny Graham's efforts, plus Newt Gingrich's were somewhat
influenced and aided by the Council.)  Anyway--it is not what we
wanted, but it is less than we feared.
	We could get into next year's state of the union if we
worked it right; it means more coordinated work...

    Date: 03 Feb 1982 2335-PST
    From: John McCarthy <JMC SU-AI AT>

    I think you deserve considerable credit for this result.

    a013  2242  03 Feb 82
    PM-Space Budget,450
    Reagan OKs Planet Program Money
    By HOWARD BENEDICT
    AP Aerospace Writer
        WASHINGTON (AP) - Overriding his fiscal advisers, President Reagan
    is proposing in his new budget that much of the U.S. planetary
    exploration program be kept alive.
        Just three months ago, the Office of Management and Budget
    recommended killing most deep space exploration projects in its drive
    to cut federal spending.
        The effort met strong opposition from scientific organizations and
    congressmen on key space committees who took their case to the White
    House.
        As a result, Reagan has put money for several deep-space projects in
    his fiscal 1983 budget. Included is $92.6 million to continue
    development of the Jupiter-orbiting Galileo satellite; $21 million to
    move ahead with several European nations on a joint sun-probe
    mission; and money to maintain the deep space tracking network and to
    allow the Voyager 2 spacecraft to travel on to Uranus and Neptune.
        If OMB had succeeded in dropping the planetary programs, it would
    have meant the loss of about 1,200 jobs at NASA's Jet Propulsion
    Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., which manages the deep-space efforts.
        The president is to submit his full 1983 budget to Congress on
    Monday. The Associated Press on Wednesday obtained an advance copy of
    the National Aeronautics and Space Administration section.
        Reagan proposes total NASA spending of $6.6 billion. Factoring in
    inflation, that's about equal to 1982's $5.98 billion.
        A major share of the 1983 budget, $1.7 billion, is for the manned
    space shuttle, which is to complete its test program with flights in
    March and July and to start cargo-carrying operational missions in
    November. A second shuttle, the Challenger, is to join the Columbia at
    Cape Canaveral, Fla., in June.
        Another $1.7 billion is earmarked for space flight operations,
    mainly for the shuttle.
        Reagan is a strong supporter of the reusable spaceship, primarily
    because of its potential military applications.
        NASA didn't get all it wanted in deep space. It lost a Venus orbiter
    and a probe to Halley's comet. Other projects were scaled down or
    stretched out. But, considering the bleak outlook a couple months ago,
    it came out pretty well.
        The proposed budget also includes $137.5 million, $61.7 million and
    $34.5 million, respectively, for continued development of three major
    orbiting satellites: a space telescope, an advanced Landsat Earth
    Resources payload and a gamma ray observatory; $100 million for
    construction of facilities; and $1.17 billion for research and program
    management.
        Aeronautical research dipped slightly, from $233 million in 1982, to
    $232 million. Heaviest cuts were in technology for transport aircraft
    and advanced propulsion.
        The budget projects total NASA employment of 21,219 by the Sept. 30,
    1983, the end of fiscal 1983. This would be a drop of more than 400
    from the projected 1982 figure of 21,652.
        
    ap-ny-02-04 0137EST
    ***************

-----------------------------------------------------------------
 gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
 of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/


This Usenet Oldnews Archive
article may be copied and distributed freely, provided:

1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles.

2. The following notice remains appended to each copy:

The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 
 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.