Feb 8 1982
From The Space Library
The Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President released budget figures showing funds for all federal research .and development as $43 billion in FY83, $4.2 billion over FY82. NASA's portion of the research and development (R&D) budget ($6.5 billion for FY83, $672 million over FY82) would "assure timely transition of the Space Shuttle to an operational system [and] continue the highest priority research and space exploration projects," namely the Space Telescope, the gamma-ray observatory, and the Galileo mission to Jupiter. (NASA anno, Feb 8/82)
James M. Beggs, NASA's administrator, said in a budget message that "given the tightly constrained fiscal environment. . .I believe we did well.... [T]hough there are no new starts, we are continuing with most of our ongoing activity in what we consider to be a balanced way." (Text, Feb 8/82)
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