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 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 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.