NASA's Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Request: Hearing Before the Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session, March 15, 2007, Volume 4 |
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... capability to support human explo- ration missions no later than 2014. " Budgetary Information NASA's proposed budget ... capabilities . ' Attachment 2 compares the NASA budget plan that accompanied the President's Vision initiative with ...
... capability to support human explo- ration missions no later than 2014. " Budgetary Information NASA's proposed budget ... capabilities . ' Attachment 2 compares the NASA budget plan that accompanied the President's Vision initiative with ...
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... capability ( by adding the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator ) , conduct ISS crew exchanges ( two Russian Soyuz flights per year ) ; carry out ISS operations , including conducting extra vehicular activities for maintenance ...
... capability ( by adding the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator ) , conduct ISS crew exchanges ( two Russian Soyuz flights per year ) ; carry out ISS operations , including conducting extra vehicular activities for maintenance ...
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... Capabilities , which includes human research to sup- port ISS and future exploration ; a lunar precursor robotic program ; microgravity re- search ; and technology development to support Orion and other exploration pro- grams . The ...
... Capabilities , which includes human research to sup- port ISS and future exploration ; a lunar precursor robotic program ; microgravity re- search ; and technology development to support Orion and other exploration pro- grams . The ...
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... capabilities for NASA missions and programs . These programs include technology transfer , Small Business Innovative Research ( SBIR ) and Small Technology Transfer Research ( STTR ) programs . The proposed FY08 budget represents a ...
... capabilities for NASA missions and programs . These programs include technology transfer , Small Business Innovative Research ( SBIR ) and Small Technology Transfer Research ( STTR ) programs . The proposed FY08 budget represents a ...
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... Capabilities 22.1 34.3 34.2 36.2 37.3 37.2 EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES 6,108.3 6,140.0 6,791.7 6,710.3 6,625.7 3,036.6 2,978.0 Inspector General 33.5 32.0 34.6 35.5 36.4 37.3 38.3 Year to Year Increase * Adjusted for FY 07 Budget Request ...
... Capabilities 22.1 34.3 34.2 36.2 37.3 37.2 EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES 6,108.3 6,140.0 6,791.7 6,710.3 6,625.7 3,036.6 2,978.0 Inspector General 33.5 32.0 34.6 35.5 36.4 37.3 38.3 Year to Year Increase * Adjusted for FY 07 Budget Request ...
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2008 budget request Administration aeronautics program Aeronautics Research Agency aircraft Airspace Systems CALVERT Chairman GORDON challenges Committee conduct Congress Constellation program cost crew and cargo Crew Exploration Vehicle Decadal Survey Earth Science ESMD Exploration Systems facilities fiscal year 2008 funding future FY 2008 budget FY08 budget global GRIFFIN HALL Human Research Program human space flight impact integrated International Space Station ISS Crew ISS Program Joint Resolution JPDO launch lunar Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter milestones million Mission Directorate MMOD NASA Authorization Act NASA's plans near-Earth objects NextGen NGATS NPOESS orbit Orion partnerships percent prepared statement priorities reduced retirement risk safety satellites schedule science missions shortfall sonic boom space and aeronautics space exploration space flight capability Space Shuttle Atlantis Space Shuttle program Space Station ISS spacecraft TDRSS technology development Thank tion transition transportation UDALL understand Vision for Space workforce
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Page 3 - NASA will implement a sustained and affordable human and robotic program to explore the solar system and beyond; to extend human presence across the solar system, starting with a human return to the Moon by the year 2020, in preparation for human exploration of Mars and other destinations...
Page 26 - Because the Shuttle is now an aging system, but still developmental in character, it is in the Nation's interest to replace the Shuttle as soon as possible as the primary means for transporting humans to and from Earth orbit.
Page 21 - I yield back the balance of my time, Mr. Chairman. [The prepared statement of Mr. Calvert follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE KEN CALVERT Mr.
Page 3 - Develop the innovative technologies, knowledge, and infrastructures both to explore and to support decisions about the destinations for human exploration; and • Promote international and commercial participation in exploration to further US scientific, security, and economic interests.
Page 3 - A. Exploration Activities in Low Earth Orbit Space Shuttle • Return the Space Shuttle to flight as soon as practical, based on the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board; • Focus use of the Space Shuttle to complete assembly of the International Space Station; and • Retire the Space Shuttle as soon as assembly of the International Space Station is completed, planned for the end of this decade; International Space Station • Complete assembly of the International Space...
Page 54 - FY 2008 requests $1.5 billion, an increase of $32.8 million over the FY 2007 request, to better understand the Earth's atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and biosphere as a single connected system. This request includes additional funding for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission to improve schedule assurance in response to the high priority placed on GPM in the Decadal Survey. As the follow-on to the highly successful Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission...
Page 34 - ... for the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
Page 24 - the previous attempts to develop a replacement vehicle for the aging Shuttle represent a failure of national leadership.
Page 54 - NASA's strategic goals (The 2006 NASA Strategic Plan) is to study Earth from space to advance scientific understanding and meet societal needs. This requires progress in understanding and improving predictive capability for changes in the ozone layer, climate forcing, and air quality associated with changes in atmospheric composition. It also requires progress in quantifying global land cover change and terrestrial and marine productivity...
Page 4 - NASA's ability to successfully accomplish its portfolio of missions, and is especially threatening to our manned space flight capabilities.