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Nasa budget: US spending on space travel since 1958

Feb 1st

Posted by Vladimir Bahun in Technology and science

Nasa’s budget is under the spotlight. According to a report in the New York Times, its mission to return astronauts to the moon would be grounded as part of a stringent 2011 budget.

So, how much does the US spend on Nasa and the space programme? Thanks to the Office of Management and Budget, we have data going back to 1962 on federal spending for each area of government. Figures from 1958 to 1962 are from richardb.us. We’ve worked out Nasa spending as percentage of government spending – and added which president was in charge at the time.

Nasa spending since 1958
Year ▴	Nasa fed outlay $m	Total US fed spending, $m	Nasa as % of US spending	President	Party
1958	89	71,936	0.1	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Rep
1959	145	80,697	0.2	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Rep
1960	401	76,539	0.5	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Rep
1961	744	81,515	0.9	John F. Kennedy	Dem
1962	1,257	106,821	1.18	John F. Kennedy	Dem
1963	2,552	111,316	2.29	Lyndon B. Johnson	Dem
1964	4,171	118,528	3.52	Lyndon B. Johnson	Dem
1965	5,092	118,228	4.31	Lyndon B. Johnson	Dem
1966	5,933	134,532	4.41	Lyndon B. Johnson	Dem
1967	5,425	157,464	3.45	Lyndon B. Johnson	Dem
1968	4,722	178,134	2.65	Lyndon B. Johnson	Dem
1969	4,251	183,640	2.31	Richard M. Nixon	Rep
1970	3,752	195,649	1.92	Richard M. Nixon	Rep
1971	3,382	210,172	1.61	Richard M. Nixon	Rep
1972	3,423	230,681	1.48	Richard M. Nixon	Rep
1973	3,312	245,707	1.35	Richard M. Nixon	Rep
1974	3,255	269,359	1.21	Gerald Ford	Rep
1975	3,269	332,332	0.98	Gerald Ford	Rep
1976	3,671	371,792	0.99	Gerald Ford	Rep
1976 (budget transition)	953	95,975	0.99	Gerald Ford	Rep
1977	4,002	409,218	0.98	Jimmy Carter	Dem
1978	4,164	458,746	0.91	Jimmy Carter	Dem
1979	4,380	504,028	0.87	Jimmy Carter	Dem
1980	4,959	590,941	0.84	Jimmy Carter	Dem
1981	5,537	678,241	0.82	Ronald Reagan	Rep
1982	6,155	745,743	0.83	Ronald Reagan	Rep
1983	6,853	808,364	0.85	Ronald Reagan	Rep
1984	7,055	851,853	0.83	Ronald Reagan	Rep
1985	7,251	946,396	0.77	Ronald Reagan	Rep
1986	7,403	990,441	0.75	Ronald Reagan	Rep
1987	7,591	1,004,083	0.76	Ronald Reagan	Rep
1988	9,092	1,064,481	0.85	Ronald Reagan	Rep
1989	11,036	1,143,829	0.96	George Bush	Rep
1990	12,429	1,253,130	0.99	George Bush	Rep
1991	13,878	1,324,331	1.05	George Bush	Rep
1992	13,961	1,381,649	1.01	George Bush	Rep
1993	14,305	1,409,522	1.01	Bill Clinton	Dem
1994	13,695	1,461,907	0.94	Bill Clinton	Dem
1995	13,378	1,515,884	0.88	Bill Clinton	Dem
1996	13,881	1,560,608	0.89	Bill Clinton	Dem
1997	14,360	1,601,307	0.90	Bill Clinton	Dem
1998	14,194	1,652,685	0.86	Bill Clinton	Dem
1999	13,636	1,702,035	0.80	Bill Clinton	Dem
2000	13,428	1,789,216	0.75	Bill Clinton	Dem
2001	14,095	1,863,190	0.76	George W. Bush	Rep
2002	14,405	2,011,153	0.72	George W. Bush	Rep
2003	14,610	2,160,117	0.68	George W. Bush	Rep
2004	15,152	2,293,006	0.66	George W. Bush	Rep
2005	15,602	2,472,205	0.63	George W. Bush	Rep
2006	15,125	2,655,435	0.57	George W. Bush	Rep
2007	15,861	2,728,940	0.58	George W. Bush	Rep
2008	17,833	2,982,881	0.60	George W. Bush	Rep
2009	19,168	3,517,681	0.54	Barack Obama	Dem
2010 est	19,123	3,720,701	0.51	Barack Obama	Dem
2011 est	17,863	3,833,861	0.47	Barack Obama	Dem
2012 est	18,953	3,754,852	0.5	Barack Obama	Dem
2013 est	19,768	3,915,443	0.5
2014 est	20,347	4,161,230	0.49
2015 est	20,725	4,385,531	0.47