R&D in the President’s 2006 Budget

David Trinkle and Amy KaminskiFebruary 15, 2005

The 2006 BudgetBroad National Priorities

• Promoting Economic Growth • Protecting America• Supporting a Compassionate Society• Making Government More Effective

The Deficit in Context: Percent of GDP

Growth in Discretionary Spending Declines

Percent Growth in non-defense, non-homeland budget authority excluding supplementals

R&D Budget  2005 2006 Req Diff.Defense 70,422 70,839 1%Health and Human Services 28,752 28,807 0%NASA 10,990 11,527 5%Energy 8,629 8,528 -1%National Science Foundation 4,082 4,194 3%Agriculture 2,415 2,039 -16%Homeland Security 1,185 1,467 24%Commerce 1,134 1,013 -11%Transportation 748 808 8%Veterans Affairs 784 786 0%Interior 615 582 -5%Environmental Protection Agency 572 569 -1%Other 1,243 1,145 -8%TOTAL 131,571 132,304 1%

Federal S&T Budget

  2005 2006 Req Diff.National Institutes of Health 28,444 28,607 1%NASA 9,116 9,493 4%National Science Foundation 5,473 5,605 2%Defense 6,363 5,458 -14%Energy 5,635 5,358 -5%Agriculture 2,122 1,922 -9%Interior (USGS) 935 934 0%Commerce 992 846 -15%Environmental Protection Agency 780 792 2%Veterans Affairs 784 786 0%Transportation 697 673 -3%Education 355 345 -3% TOTAL 61,696 60,819 -1%

2006 Request for NSF’s Astro-Related Research

NSF Discretionary

2005

5,473

2006

5,605

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+2%Research andRelated Activities 4,221 4,333 +3%

Mathematical andPhysical Sciences 1,070 1,086 +2%

- Astronomy 195 199 +2%

- Physics 225 230 +2%

2006 Request for NSF’s Astro-Related Facilities

MREFC 2005 2006 %DiffALMA 49 49 0%IceCube 48 50 +6%AdvLIGO (2008 start; 3rd in MREFC queue)

OthersGemini 15 19 +25%LIGO 32 32 +0%Centers/Observatories (more or less flat)

Tech. Development (increasing for LSST and GSMT)

The Basis for NASA’s Budget and Transformation: The President’s Space Exploration Vision

• Announced January 14, 2004

• Response to Columbia tragedy

• Calls for a sustained, affordable program of human and robotic exploration of the solar system and beyond

NASA’s 2005 Budget

• President’s 2005 budget request for NASA was $16.244 billion (+5.6% over 2004 budget)

• Congress funded NASA in 2005 at $16.1 billion*

• 2005 funds allow NASA to return the Shuttle to flight, begin work on new Crew Exploration Vehicle and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and conduct a wide range of space science programs.

* Includes Congressional 0.8% government-wide rescission; excludes supplemental funds for KSC hurricane damage

Transformation• Change from Six “Enterprises” and 18 “Themes”

to Four “Mission Directorates” and 12 Themes– Earth/Space Science Enterprises merge into Science

Mission Directorate– Origins/Structure & Evolution of Universe themes

merge into “Universe” theme; Sun-Earth Connection and Earth Science themes merged into “Earth-Sun System” theme

• Beginning to redefine agency objectives– Conduct advanced telescope searches for Earth-like

planets/habitable environments around other stars– Explore the universe to understand its origin,

structure, evolution, and destiny

Total NASA Budget($16.5 billion requested for 2006)

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2006 Budget – Universe Theme• Virtually no change from 2005 ($1,513 million to

$1,512 million), following a 12% increase from 2004 to 2005

• Keeps JWST, GLAST, Kepler, and WISE missions on track to launch as scheduled

• Provides increases for TPF and LISA to carry out early mission work

• Fully funds all operating missions (Hubble, Spitzer, Chandra, Swift, etc.)

2006 Budget – Universe Theme• Maintains R&A at the $60+ million level

• Provides funding for Hubble de-orbit and ground-based life extension activities; no funds for Shuttle-based or robotic servicing

• Delays SIM by two years, to 2011 launch

• Explorer Program projection reduced over next four years; NASA is examining how budget profile will support future selections

The focus should be not only how much but also how well

• Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) is a vehicle used to improve program performance

• Most sweeping assessment of federal programs – over 600 programs

• 20% of programs to be added each year• Of the 600+ programs, 84 have been R&D

Ratings of Sample R&D Programs

Effective

NASA: Mars ExplorationNASA: Solar System ExplorationNASA: Structure and Evolution of the UniverseNASA: Sun-Earth ConnectionNSF: All programs assessed to date

Moderately EffectiveNASA: Earth System ScienceNASA: Mission and Science MeasurementNASA: Space Station

AdequateNASA: EducationNASA: Space and Flight Support

Ineffective DOE: Oil Technology

Results Not DemonstratedNASA: Earth Science ApplicationsNASA: Space Shuttle

PART Assessments of 58 R&D Programs

45%

Chart 5-1. Scores of R&D PART Assessments

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Summary of the 2006 Budget

Sets priority on war against terrorism, overseas and at home

Funds high-priority initiatives; restrains spending throughout the rest of government

Maintains focus on results instead of dollars

Backup Slides

R&D Investment Criteria

Retrospective Assessment

Relevance

Quality Performance

Prospective Planning

Exploration Vision Objectives• Sustained, affordable human/robotic program to

explore solar system and beyond• Human presence across solar system, starting

w/human return to Moon by 2020, to prepare for human exploration of Mars and beyond

• Innovative technologies, knowledge, and infrastructure to explore/support human destination decisions

• International and commercial participation in exploration