I tend to digress often, so sorry if it confuses anyone.
I never did consider her connection with Texas / Houston , good point. But based on what I understand, and it may not be much, the money that is
allocated to NASA is widely distributed, and in some instances, it's mandated by congress exactly how the money is spent, so my great state probably
wouldn't see that much.
For example, with the passing of the $787 Billion, Omnibus Appropriations Act, NASA received 1 Billion, on top of the 17.6 Billion they already
received (more on that later). Sure, that sound's like a lot of money, but check this out:
Out of that extra one billion they were reluctantly given, NASA was directed to use:
400 million for science
150 million for aeronautics work
50 million for facility repair.
That left them with 400 million for space exploration. Sound's like a lot but,
Unfortunately, even $400 million won't go very far. NASA officials previously estimated that each extra $100 million would speed up development of
Ares and Orion by only one month. Trimming a five-year hiatus by just one third of a year doesn't help much...
So you can see how the rest of their budget is apportioned. It's not as if NASA has that much say so in their own program really. A good, quick look
at how their annual budget is to spent is located
here.
So ya, Texas would not really see
that much I bet.
I dunno. I just long for the day's when NASA was more of a passion, rather than a nuisence for our lawmaker's etc...
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