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Earth Science Uq – $ NowScience spending is up – funding isn’t guaranteed Wakeman 6/8 (Nick, editor @ Washington Tech, http://fcw.com/articles/2011/06/08/nasa-budget-priorities-shift.aspx) JPG As budgets tighten and priorities shift, NASA is cutting $1 billion from its pace operations budget, but spending more on other science and technology areas that will reshape the agency's mission, a new study shows. “As NASA shifts priorities for human spaceflight from shuttle operations to human exploration capabilities and commercial spaceflight, the budget will be redirected to a range of technology development programs,” said Steve Bochinger, president of Euroconsult North America. The firm and its partner Omnis Inc. have released a new study, NASA Spending Outlook: Trends to 2016, which analyzes NASA’s budget. As space operations shrink, the science budget will be redistributed among NASA centers, Bochinger said. Among the findings: The Science Mission Directorate saw an 11 percent bump in 2011 and will have a $5 billion through 2016. Goddard Space Flight Center and Langley Research Center will benefit because of the work on Earth science projects. The Exploration Systems Mission Directorate will hold steady at about $3.9 billion but funds will shift away from human exploration activities. The new Space Technology Directorate will get $1 billion a year from 2012 to 2016. Langley, Glenn and Ames research centers will benefit because of their work on new technologies for exploration and robotic spaceflight. NASA is restructuring the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate to focus on fundamental aeronautics and development of technologies for the Next Generation Air Transportation System. Science is being funded now PRWeb 6/20 (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/06/20/prweb8584611.DTL) NASA budget highlights: The 2011 NASA budget is up slightly at $18.7 billion, from 2010. 26.3% of NASA's budget ($5 billion) is in the "Science" category. "Science" includes Astrophysics, Earth Science (36% of the Science budget), Heliophysics, James Webb Space Telescope and Planetary Science. The Science budget slightly exceeds the Space Operations budget (25.4%) Space Operations has been cut drastically ($6.1 billion to $4.3 billion), due to ending the Space Shuttle program. However, Space Technology has been increased ($275 million to $1.1 billion). Science budget is funded SpaceTravel.com 2/15 (http://www.space-travel.com/reports/NASA_Announces_Fiscal_Year_2012_Budget_999.html) JPG NASA's science budget supports new missions and continued operations of the many observatories successfully studying Earth and space. The agency will launch the Mars Science Laboratory in fiscal year 2012 and continue work on a wide range of astrophysics, heliophysics and Earth science missions. The 2012 budget request continues NASA's commitment to enhancing aviation safety and airspace efficiency, and reducing the environmental impact of aviation. NASA also remains dedicated to developing the next generation of technology leaders through vital programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. "We had to make some tough choices, but the budget gives us a plan for sustainable and affordable exploration," said NASA's Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson. "We're looking at new ways of doing business that improve program management and delivers even greater results to the American taxpayers." The earth science budget is made in the shade Cowing 2/1 (Keith, writer @ astrobiology.com, http://www.astrobiology.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1372) JPG Over the past decade, NASA's focus on Earth Science has faltered as it has across the Federal government. This will be rectified with a hefty budget that will increase the enacted FY 2010 budget by $382 million and then go on to add an additional $1.8 billion between FY 2011 and 2014. In addition to re-flying the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, NASA will seek to accelerate the development of new satellites to observe Earth as well as support the existing flotilla of Earth observation spacecraft. Planetary science will see much less of an increase than other parts of NASA. Its budget will ramp up from $1.486 billion in FY 2001 to $1.650 billion in FY 2015. Astrophysics will go from $1.076 billion in FY 2011 to $1.132 billion in FY 2015, and Heliophysics will go from $542 million in FY 2011 to $751 million in FY 2015. Some of the notable increases in space and planetary science, albeit small, include adding $16 million per year for the next 5 years to Near Earth Object (NEO) detection, restarting Plutonium-238 production with the Department of Energy for radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) construction, plans for a 2011 launch of Mars Science Laboratory, bringing the Mars 2016 mission into formulation, funding of James Webb Space Telescope at a 70% confidence level for a 2014 launch, and initiation of Solar Probe "Plus" mission. Earth Science Uq – $ NowEarth science funding is appropriated Connell 6/2 (Kathleen, CEO @ Mission to Humanity, San Diego State UniversityGreen Energy Program The current five-year government spending plan should allow NASA to substantially ramp up its Earth science program. The program faced constraints and uncertainty just a year ago, but the new spending plan provides an additional $2.4 billion over the previous blueprint. 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