Government Space Budgets
United States Government Space Budget
2008 – RDT&E and IR&D funding
Also in support of space activity, total independent research and development (IR&D) expenditures came in at an estimated $## million for 2007, the latest annual data available from the Defense…
2009 – RDT&E and IR&D funding
Total independent research and development (IR&D) expenditures in support of space activity were estimated at $## million for 2009. IR&D is research and development (R&D) initiated and conducted by defense…
2010 – RDT&E and IR&D funding
Total independent research and development (IR&D) expenditures in support of space activity were estimated at $## million for 2010. IR&D is research and development (R&D) initiated and conducted by defense…
2011 – RDT&E and IR&D funding
Independent research and development (IR&D) is initiated and conducted by defense contractors independent of Department of Defense (DoD) control. Space IR&D is estimated by applying the ratio between DoD space…
2012 – RDT&E and IR&D funding
Independent research and development (IR&D), another infrastructure support industry, covers research and development activities initiated and funded by defense contractors independent of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Space-related IR&D…
2014 – RDT&E and IR&D funding
In a different category of support for space infrastructure, the U.S. government provides funding for the development of materials, equipment, and software through Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) budgets…
2005 – U.S. National Security Space Budgets
Determining the DoD’s space budget is more complex. This report includes budget figures drawn from the DoD’s virtual space major force program (vMFP). In DoD usage, a major force program…
2005 – U.S. Civil Space Budgets
NASA’s FY 2006 budget is approximately $## billion. The NASA FY 2006 Budget Request forecasts relatively small (## percent to ## percent) annual increases in the total NASA budget, bringing…
2007 – U.S. National Security Space Budgets
The most recent available estimate of annual DoD space spending continues to be the $## billion estimate released by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) in 2006. Intelligence agencies and MDA…
2007 – U.S. Civil Space Budgets
NASA was allocated $## billion for FY 2007. This is slightly less than the 2006 operating budget of $## billion. For FY 2008, NASA received $## billion. An agency summary from…