[Appendix]
[Detailed Budget Estimates by Agency]
[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                     THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002

 
              NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

                              Federal Funds

General and special funds:

                           Human Space Flight

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of human space flight research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support and services; 
maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, 
rehabilitation, revitalization and modification of facilities, 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
facility planning and design, environmental compliance and restoration, 
and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; 
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities including 
operations, production, and services; program management; personnel and 
related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and 
operation of mission and administrative aircraft, [$5,462,900,000] 
$7,296,000,000, to remain available until September 30, [2002] 2003, of 
which amounts as determined by the Administrator for salaries and 
benefits; training, travel and awards; facility and related costs; 
information technology services; science, engineering, fabricating and 
testing services; and other administrative services may be transferred 
to the Science, Aeronautics and Technology account in accordance with 
section 312(b) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as 
amended by Public Law 106-377: Provided, That the authorized funding 
level for the International Space Station through fiscal year 2006 shall 
not exceed $8,197,300,000 except in amounts equal to budget reductions 
in other Human Space Flight programs. (Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2001, as enacted by section 1(a)(1) of P.L. 106-
377.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 80-0111-0-1-252      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
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    Obligations by program activity:
      Direct program:

00.01   Space station...................       2,530       2,057       2,043
00.02   Payload and ELV support.........                      99          96
00.03   Investments and support.........                     123       1,271
00.04   Space shuttle...................       3,001       3,079       3,167
00.05   Payload and utilization 
          operations....................         160          14
00.06   Space operations................                                 458
00.07   Safety, mission assurance & 
          engineering...................                                  46
09.01 Reimbursable program..............         164         163         201
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
10.00   Total new obligations...........       5,855       5,535       7,282
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance carried 
        forward, start of year..........         368         167         246
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......       5,652       5,614       7,497
22.10 Resources available from 
        recoveries of prior year 
        obligations.....................           2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......       6,022       5,781       7,743
23.95 Total new obligations.............      -5,855      -5,535      -7,282
24.40 Unobligated balance carried 
        forward, end of year............         167         246         461
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    New budget authority (gross), detail:
      Discretionary:

40.00   Appropriation...................       5,511       5,463       7,296
40.76   Reduction pursuant to P.L. 106-
          113...........................         -23
40.77   Reduction pursuant to P.L. 106-
          554 (0.22 percent)............                     -12
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
43.00     Appropriation (total 
            discretionary)..............       5,488       5,451       7,296
      Spending authority from offsetting 
          collections:

68.00   Offsetting collections (cash)...         169         163         201
68.10   Change in uncollected customer 
          payments from Federal sources.          -5
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
68.90     Spending authority from 
            offsetting collections 
            (total discretionary).......         164         163         201
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
70.00   Total new budget authority 
          (gross).......................       5,652       5,614       7,497
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    Change in unpaid obligations:
      Unpaid obligations, start of year:

72.40   Unpaid obligations, start of 
          year..........................       1,652       1,833       1,784
72.95   Uncollected customer payments 
          from Federal sources, start of 
          year..........................         -25         -20         -20
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
72.99     Obligated balance, start of 
            year........................       1,627       1,813       1,764
73.10 Total new obligations.............       5,855       5,535       7,282
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............      -5,666      -5,584      -7,030
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts 
        (net)...........................          -6
73.45 Recoveries of prior year 
        obligations.....................          -2
74.00 Change in uncollected customer 
        payments from Federal sources...           5
      Unpaid obligations, end of year:

74.40   Unpaid obligations, end of year.       1,833       1,784       2,036
74.95   Uncollected customer payments 
          from Federal sources, end of 
          year..........................         -20         -20         -20
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
74.99     Obligated balance, end of year       1,813       1,764       2,016
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    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new discretionary 
        authority.......................       3,783       3,799       5,177
86.93 Outlays from discretionary 
        balances........................       1,883       1,785       1,853
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........       5,666       5,584       7,030
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    Offsets:
      Against gross budget authority and outlays:

        Offsetting collections (cash) 
            from:
88.40     Non-Federal sources...........         -31         -30         -35
88.45     Offsetting governmental 
            collections from the public.        -138        -133        -166
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
88.90       Total, offsetting 
              collections (cash)........        -169        -163        -201
      Against gross budget authority only:

88.95   Change in uncollected customer 
          payments from Federal sources.           5
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    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................       5,488       5,451       7,296
90.00 Outlays...........................       5,498       5,421       6,829
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    Note.--Includes $1,712 million in budget authority in 2002 for 
activities previously financed from:
                                              2000           2001
Mission Support (in millions of dollars)         1,566           1,715

    This appropriation provides funding for Human Space Flight (HSF) 
activities, and for Safety, mission assurance and engineering activities 
supporting the Agency. The HSF activities include development and 
operations of the Space Station, the Space Station research program, and 
operation of the Space Shuttle. This includes development of contingency 
capabilities for the Space Station, high priority investments to improve 
the safety of the Space Shuttle, and required construction projects in 
direct support of Space Station and Space Shuttle programs. This 
appropriation also provides for salaries and related expenses; design, 
repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facilities and construction 
of new facilities; maintenance, and operation of facilities; and other 
operations activities supporting human space flight programs; and space 
operations, safety, mission assurance and engineering activities that 
support the Agency.

    In FY 2000 and FY 2001, the Human Space Flight (HSF) account 
provided only for the direct funding of human space flight activities; 
space operations services had been funded within the Science, 
Aeronautics and Technology (SAT) account; and Safety, mission assurance 
and engineering had been funded within the Mission Support account. 
Beginning

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in FY 2002, other than direct costs (which includes Research and Program 
Management and non-programmatic Construction of Facilities) will be 
allocated to either the HSF or the SAT account based on the number of 
full time equivalent people, and there will no longer be a Mission 
Support account.

Performance Objectives

    Space station.--The International Space Station (ISS) is an 
international laboratory in low Earth orbit on which American, Russian, 
Canadian, European, and Japanese astronauts will conduct unique 
scientific and technological investigations in a microgravity 
environment. The goal of the Station is to support activities requiring 
the unique attributes of humans in space and establish a permanent human 
presence in Earth orbit. The proposed budget provides funding for the 
continued development of the vehicle and its research components and for 
current operations, assembly and utilization of the station. With 
several assembly missions successfully completed, the budget includes 
funding to keep subsequent assembly missions on schedule through U.S. 
Core Station Complete, currently planned for late 2003-early 2004, and 
for early research commensurate with the build-up of on-orbit 
utilization capabilities and resources.

    Between January 2000 and January 2001, the Russian Service Module, 
the Z1 and SO trusses, the control moment gyros, the first photo-voltaic 
array and battery sets, initial thermal radiators, communication 
equipment, and the U.S. Laboratory were assembled on-orbit. A permanent 
human presence in space was achieved with the launch of Expedition 1. 
The first phases of multi-element integrated testing (MEIT) were 
completed. Crew training, payload processing, hardware element 
processing, and mission operations were supported. During the remainder 
of 2001, Expedition 2 will be deployed, and Phase 2 of the station 
assembly will be completed with the launch of the airlock. Preparations 
will continue for the start of Phase 3 and the first shuttle mission 
dedicated to research utilization is expected to be launched in mid-
2002.

    Russian Program Assurance (RPA) is contained within the Space 
Station budget and provides funding for contingency activities to 
address ISS program requirements resulting from delays or shortfalls on 
the part of Russia in meeting its commitments to the ISS program. Key 
elements of the RPA program have been the Interim Control Module (ICM), 
developed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and the U.S. 
Propulsion Module. With the successful launch of the Russian Service 
Module, and escalating costs for Space Station, including RPA 
components, NASA reassessed its Space Station priorities and the need 
for planned RPA hardware. In FY 2000, the ICM was placed in ``call-up'' 
mode and stored at NRL. Work on the original Propulsion Module design 
was terminated, and in FY 2001 funds for the Propulsion Module were 
redirected to cover cost increases in the baseline program. This left 
logistics contingency funding and funds for potential procurement of 
safety-related Russian goods and services in the RPA budget. Based on 
recent operational experience, continuing flight software and hardware 
integration issues, obsolescence issues, and realization that earlier 
assembly phase cost estimates were low, NASA concluded that the program 
baseline could not be executed on schedule within approved funding 
levels. A reassessment of the ISS Program budget baseline was started in 
FY 2000 and continued into FY 2001. The initial results, based on 
conservative estimating assumptions, showed a budget shortfall of up to 
$4 billion over 5 fiscal years. To remain within the Agency's budget 
marks, NASA redirected funds from remaining high-risk, high-cost 
hardware development, including the Habitation Module and Crew Return 
Vehicle (CRV), as well as funds from the RPA budget mentioned above, to 
ensure that ISS would stay within budget, while assembly continues 
though U.S. Core Station Complete (deployment of Node 2 on flight 10A). 
This will allow for the integration of flight hardware being provided by 
the International Partners. In addition, the ISS Research Program is 
being realigned to match the on-orbit capability build-up as the program 
moves toward U.S. Core Complete. NASA will continue to pursue 
atmospheric testing of the X-38 and is assessing the affordability of 
completing the space flight test relative to other program priorities. 
Options for provision of a crew return capability and Habitat capability 
to support the desired increase in crew size from 3 to 6 will be 
discussed with the international partners. However, U.S. contributions 
to such capabilities will be dependent on the availability of funds 
within the President's five-year budget plan for Human Space Flight, 
technical risks, and the Administration's confidence in Agency cost 
estimates.

    Over the next several years, the Agency will press ahead with ISS 
assembly and the integration of the partners' research modules. Research 
operations on board the ISS have been expanding since they began in FY 
2000 and will greatly exceed any previous capabilities for research in 
space including Skylab, Shuttle, or Mir.

     Payload and Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) support.-- During 2001, 
six pallets will be used in Space Shuttle missions. In FY 2001 and FY 
2002, over 20 major and secondary payloads will be supported, including 
major hardware for ISS assembly. The ELV Mission Support budget provides 
funds for acquiring requisite launch services to meet all NASA 
requirements and for technical insight of commercially provided launch 
services. Advanced mission design/analysis and leading edge integration 
services are provided for the full range of NASA missions under 
consideration for launch on ELVs. During FY 2000, six ELV missions were 
successfully launched. Integration and technical management of 13 
missions are planned for launch in FY 2001. In FY 2002 support for eight 
missions is planned.

    Investments and support.--The Human Exploration and Development of 
Space (HEDS) Technology and Commercialization Initiative (HTCI) began in 
FY 2001. HTCI will continue in FY 2002 to focus on human space 
exploration and development activities emphasizing highly innovative 
technologies, advances in science, and enabling synergistic commercial 
space development efforts.

    Project activity will continue in FY 2002 to ensure NASA's rocket 
propulsion test capabilities are properly managed and maintained in 
world class condition. The project will significantly enhance our 
ability to properly manage NASA's rocket testing activities and 
infrastructure across all four participating NASA centers.

    Engineering and technical base (ETB) activity will continue to 
support the institutional capability in the operation of space flight 
laboratories, technical facilities, and testbeds; to conduct independent 
safety, and reliability assessments; and to stimulate science and 
technical competence in the United States.

    Funding for other direct costs associated with Human Space Flight, 
which were previously funded in the Mission Support account, are now 
funded as part of investments and support. This includes research and 
program management costs and non-programmatic construction of facilities 
costs.

    Space shuttle.--The Space Shuttle is a partially reusable space 
vehicle that provides several unique capabilities to the United States 
space program. These include retrieving payloads from orbit for reuse, 
servicing and repairing satellites in space, safely transporting humans 
to and from space, launching ISS components and providing an assembly 
platform in space, and operating and returning space laboratories. In FY 
2000, the Space Shuttle launched four flights success

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fully including the emergency HST Servicing Mission 3A which replaced 
failing gyros on the HST and the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission 
(SRTM), a joint DOD/NASA payload to study the earth. The Space Shuttle 
also visited the ISS two more times, for both assembly and maintenance.

    Seven flights are planned during FY 2001, all of which are ISS 
assembly and servicing missions. The first crew began permanent 
occupation and presence aboard the ISS in FY 2001. In FY 2002, seven 
flights are planned including a dedicated microgravity research flight 
and another HST Servicing Mission (HST-3B) and five ISS assembly and 
servicing missions.

    Space operations.--The primary goal of space operations is to 
provide highly reliable and cost-effective space operations services in 
support of NASA's science and aeronautics programs. In addition, support 
is provided to interagency, international, and commercial space-faring 
enterprising on a reimbursable basis. The Space Communications program 
is composed of Operations, Mission and Data Service Upgrades, Tracking 
and Data Relay Satellite Replenishment, and Technology Projects, as well 
as spectrum management and data standards coordination. Services are 
provided to a large number of NASA missions including planetary and 
interplanetary missions; human space flight missions, near-earth and 
earth orbiting missions; and sub-orbital and aeronautical flight tests. 
A Consolidated Space Operations Contract (CSOC) was successfully 
implemented by the Space Operations Management Office at Johnson Space 
Center and the Lockheed Martin Space Operations Company. The CSOC 
provides end-to-end mission and data services to both NASA and non-NASA 
customers. A total of nine contracts have been consolidated to date, and 
seven further contracts are to be consolidated in FY 2001 and FY 2002. 
Management responsibility for all Wide Area Network data distribution 
services for all human space flight, earth orbiting and deep space 
missions and NASA administrative communications was outsourced by CSOC 
in FY 2000. Development of the TDRS Replenishment Spacecraft is ongoing, 
with the first satellite launched in FY 2000.

    Safety, mission assurance and engineering.--The goal of this program 
is to invest in the safety and success of NASA missions by assuring that 
sound and robust policies, processes, and tools for safety, reliability, 
quality assurance, and engineering disciplines are in place and applied 
throughout NASA. The program also examines long-term technology 
requirements for NASA's strategic objectives.

    The FY 2003 budget estimate for this account is $6.9 billion.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 80-0111-0-1-252      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
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      Direct obligations:

        Personnel compensation:
11.1      Full-time permanent...........                                 613
11.3      Other than full-time permanent                                   8
11.5      Other personnel compensation..                                  19
11.8      Special personal services 
            payments....................                                   6
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
11.9        Total personnel compensation                                 646
12.1    Civilian personnel benefits.....                                 138
13.0    Benefits for former personnel...                                 467
21.0    Travel and transportation of 
          persons.......................                                  24
22.0    Transportation of things........           3           4           4
23.1    Rental payments to GSA..........                                   5
23.2    Rental payments to others.......           2           2           2
23.3    Communications, utilities, and 
          miscellaneous charges.........          31          55          59
24.0    Printing and reproduction.......           2           2           2
25.1    Advisory and assistance services          74           5           5
25.2    Other services..................         190         131         142
25.3    Purchases of goods and services 
          from Government accounts......         109         124         134
25.4    Operation and maintenance of 
          facilities....................         235       1,378       1,489
25.5    Research and development 
          contracts.....................       4,585       3,199       3,454
25.7    Operation and maintenance of 
          equipment.....................          41          43          46
26.0    Supplies and materials..........         199         147         159
31.0    Equipment.......................          92          94         102
32.0    Land and structures.............          77         145         157
41.0    Grants, subsidies, and 
          contributions.................          51          43          46
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99.0      Subtotal, direct obligations..       5,691       5,372       7,081
99.0  Reimbursable obligations..........         164         163         201
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total new obligations...........       5,855       5,535       7,282
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                              Personnel Summary

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Identification code 80-0111-0-1-252      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
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    Direct:
1001  Total compensable workyears: Full-
        time equivalent employment......                               7,922
    Reimbursable:
2001  Total compensable workyears: Full-
        time equivalent employment......                                  48
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                   Science, Aeronautics and Technology

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of science, aeronautics and technology research and 
development activities, including research, development, operations, 
support and services; maintenance; construction of facilities including 
repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
facility planning and design environmental compliance and restoration, 
and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; 
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities including 
operations, production, and services; program management; personnel and 
related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and 
operation of mission and administrative aircraft, [$6,190,700,000] 
$7,191,700,000, to remain available until September 30, [2002] 2003, of 
which amounts as determined by the Administrator for salaries and 
benefits; training, travel and awards; facility and related costs; 
information technology services; science, engineering, fabricating and 
testing services; and other administrative services may be transferred 
to the Human Space Flight account in accordance with section 312(b) of 
the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended by Public Law 
106-377. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, as 
enacted by section 1(a)(1) of P.L. 106-377.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 80-0110-0-1-999      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
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    Obligations by program activity:
      Direct program:

00.01   Space science...................       2,198       2,361       2,778
00.02   Biological and physical research         280         333         376
00.03   Earth science...................       1,439       1,474       1,502
00.04   Aerospace technology............       1,125       1,369       2,353
00.05   Space operations................                     500          26
00.06   Academic programs...............         137         146         143
00.07   Mission communication services..         410           5
09.01 Reimbursable program..............         432         600         680
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
10.00   Total new obligations...........       6,021       6,788       7,858
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance carried 
        forward, start of year..........         281         306         295
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......       6,014       6,777       7,872
22.10 Resources available from 
        recoveries of prior year 
        obligations.....................          31
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......       6,326       7,083       8,167
23.95 Total new obligations.............      -6,021      -6,788      -7,858
23.98 Unobligated balance expiring or 
        withdrawn.......................          -1
24.40 Unobligated balance carried 
        forward, end of year............         306         295         309
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    New budget authority (gross), detail:
      Discretionary:

40.00   Appropriation...................       5,608       6,191       7,192
40.76   Reduction pursuant to P.L. 106-
          113...........................         -26
40.77   Reduction pursuant to P.L. 106-
          554 (0.22 percent)............                     -14
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
43.00     Appropriation (total 
            discretionary)..............       5,582       6,177       7,192
      Spending authority from offsetting 
          collections:

68.00   Offsetting collections (cash)...         540         600         680
68.10   Change in uncollected customer 
          payments from Federal sources.        -108
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
68.90     Spending authority from 
            offsetting collections 
            (total discretionary).......         432         600         680
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
70.00   Total new budget authority 
          (gross).......................       6,014       6,777       7,872
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    Change in unpaid obligations:
      Unpaid obligations, start of year:

72.40   Unpaid obligations, start of 
          year..........................       3,194       3,155       3,598
72.95   Uncollected customer payments 
          from Federal sources, start of 
          year..........................        -217        -109        -109
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
72.99     Obligated balance, start of 
            year........................       2,977       3,046       3,489
73.10 Total new obligations.............       6,021       6,788       7,858
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............      -6,017      -6,345      -7,528
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts 
        (net)...........................         -12
73.45 Recoveries of prior year 
        obligations.....................         -31
74.00 Change in uncollected customer 
        payments from Federal sources...         108
      Unpaid obligations, end of year:

74.40   Unpaid obligations, end of year.       3,155       3,598       3,928
74.95   Uncollected customer payments 
          from Federal sources, end of 
          year..........................        -109        -109        -109
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
74.99     Obligated balance, end of year       3,046       3,489       3,819
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    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new discretionary 
        authority.......................       3,028       3,386       4,398
86.93 Outlays from discretionary 
        balances........................       2,989       2,960       3,131
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........       6,017       6,345       7,528
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    Offsets:
      Against gross budget authority and outlays:

        Offsetting collections (cash) 
            from:
88.40     Non-Federal sources...........         -87         -60         -61
88.45     Offsetting governmental 
            collections from the public.        -453        -540        -619
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
88.90       Total, offsetting 
              collections (cash)........        -540        -600        -680
      Against gross budget authority only:

88.95   Change in uncollected customer 
          payments from Federal sources.         108
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    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................       5,582       6,177       7,192
90.00 Outlays...........................       5,478       5,745       6,848
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    Note.--Includes $1,029 million in budget authority in 2002 for 
activities previously financed from:

                                              2000           2001
Mission support (in millions of dollars)           856             887

    This appropriation provides for the science, aeronautics and 
technology (SAT) supporting the Agency. The SAT activities include space 
science, biological and physical research, earth science, aerospace 
technology, and academic programs. This appropriation also provides for 
salaries and related expenses; design, repair, rehabilitation, and 
modification of facilities and construction of new facilities; 
maintenance and operation of facilities; and other operations activities 
supporting science, aeronautics, and technology programs.

    In FY 2000 and FY 2001, the SAT account provided only for the direct 
funding of science, aeronautics and technology activities, and included 
funding for space operations services which are now funded within the 
human space flight account. Beginning in FY 2002, other direct costs 
(which include Research and Program Management and non-programmatic 
Construction of Facilities) will be allocated to either the HSF or the 
SAT account based on the number of full time equivalent personnel, and 
there will no longer be a Mission Support account.

Performance Objectives

    Space science.--The Space Science program seeks to answer 
fundamental questions concerning: the galaxy and the universe; the 
connection between the Sun, Earth and heliosphere; the origin and 
evolution of planetary systems; and the origin and distribution of life 
in the universe. The Space Science program is comprised of a base 
program of' research and development activities, including research and 
flight mission activities, and major space-based facilities.

    In 2000, the Space Science program produced many notable scientific 
accomplishments. Scientists using data from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor 
spacecraft camera found features that suggest there may be current 
sources of liquid water at or near the surface of the red planet. The 
water supply may be about 100 to 400 meters (300 to 1,300 feet) below 
the surface, and limited to specific regions across the planet. 
Additional MGS images revealed layers of sedimentary rock that paint a 
portrait of an ancient Mars that long ago may have featured numerous 
lakes and shallow seas. These regions of sedimentary layers on Mars are 
spread out and scattered around the planet.

    Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) scientists have, for the 
first time, imaged solar storm regions on the side of the Sun facing 
away from the Earth. A week's advance warning of potential bad weather 
in space is now possible thanks to these SOHO measurements. Detailed 
images from the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) mission 
of giant fountains of fast-moving, multimillion-degree gas in the 
outermost atmosphere of the Sun have revealed an important clue to a 
long-standing mystery--the location of the heating mechanism that makes 
the corona 300 times hotter than the Sun's visible surface. Scientists 
are interested in the corona, which appears as a halo of light seen by 
the unaided eye during a total solar eclipse, because eruptive events in 
this region can disrupt high-technology systems on Earth. Astronomers 
also hope to use the solar corona studies to better understand other 
stars.

    The balloon-borne BOOMERANG sub-millimeter telescope mapped the 
faint light left over from the Big Bang, revealing the earliest 
structure in the Universe that later became the vast, soap bubble-shaped 
clusters of galaxies that astronomers observe today. BOOMERANG confirmed 
that the Universe is flat (Euclidean) and that the expansion of the 
universe is accelerating.

    The Shoemaker Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission became 
the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid on February 14, 2000. The 
mission has returned stunning images and other data of the asteroid 
Eros, resulting in numerous discoveries throughout the year. Most 
recently, NEAR made history again by becoming the first spacecraft ever 
to touch down on the surface of a small solar system body.

    Scientists used the Chandra X-ray Observatory to examine a mid-mass 
black hole in the galaxy M82. This black hole may represent the missing 
link between smaller stellar black holes and the supermassive black 
holes found at the centers of galaxies. A Hubble Space Telescope census 
finds that the mass of a supermassive black hole is directly related to 
the size of a the bulge of stars at the center of its host galaxy. This 
suggests that the evolution of galaxies and their host black holes is 
intimately linked.

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    The Cassini spacecraft, on its way to meet Saturn in 2004, flew by 
Jupiter in December and performed joint science operations with Galileo.

    The Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) was 
successfully launched in March 2000, and has provided the first large-
scale pictures of the Earth's magnetic field.

    The NASA budget request for FY 2002 funds a robust program of Mars 
exploration for the next decade. Following the loss of the Mars Climate 
Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander in 1999, an in-depth review of our 
Mars exploration program found significant flaws in program formulation 
and execution, and made recommendations for the future exploration of 
Mars. Consistent with those recommendations, we are pressing forward 
with the development of a set of future Mars missions to establish a 
sustained presence at Mars. By means of orbiters, landers, rovers and 
sample return missions, NASA's revamped campaign to explore Mars is 
poised to unravel the secrets of the red planet's past environments, the 
history of its rocks, the many roles of water and, possibly, evidence of 
past or present life. The Mars Global Surveyor entered Mars orbit in 
September 1997, and is still performing flawlessly. The 2001 Mars 
Odyssey will be launched in April 2001, and we have started development 
of the twin Mars Environmental Rovers for launch in 2003. Additional 
Mars Exploration Program funding provided in the President's FY 2002 
Budget will enable: a robust 2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter; a 
competitively selected 2007 Mars Scout mission; an accelerated 2009 Mars 
Mobile Laboratory mission; U.S. participation in foreign missions to 
Mars; and technologies for the next decade of robotic Mars missions.

    Development activities continue on the Relativity (Gravity Probe-B) 
mission, which is now scheduled for launch in 2002, and the Space 
Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), with launch planned for July 2002. 
Launch of the Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics and 
Dynamics (TIMED) mission is expected to occur this summer (2001). 
Development activities on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared 
Astronomy (SOFIA) continue. Funding for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) 
continues to support operations and preparations for the last planned 
Hubble servicing missions, servicing mission 3B in early FY 2002 and 
servicing mission 4 in FY 2004, when new science instruments will be 
installed.

    In the Explorer program, development activities continue for the 
Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP), which will be launched in summer 2001; 
the Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer (FAME), scheduled for launch 
in 2004, and Swift, a multi-wavelength observatory for gamma-ray burst 
astronomy, to be launched in 2003. Three Small (SMEX) missions continued 
development in FY 1999: the High Energy Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) is 
to launch in spring 2001; the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) will 
launch in early FY 2002; and the Two Wide-Angle Neutral Atom 
Spectrometers (TWINS) will be launched in 2002 and 2004.

    In the Discovery program, the fourth mission, Stardust, was launched 
on schedule in February 1999, and is operating normally during its 
cruise to comet Wild-2, with the encounter scheduled for 2004. Two 
Discovery missions selected in 1997 are proceeding: the Comet Nucleus 
Tour (CONTOUR) began development in CY 2000 and will be launched in 
2002; the Genesis solar wind sample return mission has nearly finished 
development and will be launched in summer 2001. Two new missions were 
selected for implementation during 1999: The MErcury Surface, Space 
ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) mission to orbit 
Mercury; and the Deep Impact mission to fly by and fire an impactor into 
a comet. Both MESSENGER and Deep Impact are planned for launch in 2004.

    The New Millennium program is providing flight demonstrations of 
critical new technologies which will reduce the mass and cost of future 
science and spacecraft subsystems, while maintaining or improving 
mission capabilities. In 1999, NASA selected the Nanosat Constellation 
Trailblazer as the Space Technology-5 New Millennium mission. This 
mission will feature three very small satellites (each about the size of 
a large birthday cake), that will fly in formation and test eight 
technologies in the harsh space environment near the boundary of Earth's 
protective magnetic field. The Flight Validation program has been 
restructured to enhance openness and competition as well as to increase 
the number of opportunities for technologies to be flight-validated. An 
Announcement of Opportunity for Space Technology-6 technologies was 
recently released, and in January 2001, eight teams from industry, 
universities and NASA centers were selected to develop new technology 
concepts, such as advanced solar power and optical communications, for 
future NASA missions. The teams will study flight test options during a 
six-month phase for defining the technology concepts. NASA then plans to 
select up to five of the concepts for Space Technology-6 (ST-6), the 
next New Millennium Program project, which will flight-test the new 
technology concepts in 2003 and 2004.

    The President's FY 2002 Budget also provides funding for a new 
Planetary Propulsion program. This program will competitively develop 
advanced propulsion systems that will reduce the flight time for future 
robotic missions to the planets and other science targets in the solar 
system.

    Biological and Physical Research.--In FY 2001, the Office of 
Biological and Physical Research (OBPR) was created as an independent 
research organization and a fifth strategic enterprise, by the 
restructuring of the Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and 
Applications (OLMSA). The Enterprise uses the unique environment of 
space to understand the effect of gravity on biological systems and to 
conduct research in the areas of fluid physics, combustion science, 
fundamental physics, materials science and biotechnology.

    In FY 2000, Space Shuttle Mission STS-101 flew two commercial 
research payloads which grew large biological crystals in space and 
investigated the effects of microgravity on the efficiency of 
genetically transforming plant seeds. Also during FY 2000, the Protein 
Crystal Growth-Enhanced Gaseous Nitrogen Dewar (PCG-EGN), was used 
aboard ISS to crystallize proteins for later analysis.

    In FY 2001, the first rack of the Human Research Facility (HRF) will 
be deployed to the International Space Station, and OBPR will begin 
initial operations of this facility. Construction continues on the 
Booster Applications Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory. In FY 
2001, research in bioastronautics increased to accelerate development of 
countermeasures that will improve the health and safety of astronauts 
aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Devices and 
countermeasures developed through this initiative may also have many 
health benefits on Earth. The first four commercial research payloads, 
investigating antibiotic production, protein crystal growth, 
agricultural research, and materials research, will be flown on the 
International Space Station in FY 2001.

    During FY 2002, OBPR will continue to demonstrate key technology 
capabilities for human support, such as advanced techniques for water 
processing, solid waste processing, air revitalization, biomass 
production, food processing, and thermal control. In addition, the 
office will continue work in fundamental biology and bioastronautics to 
increase knowledge and address critical questions in crew health and 
safety by conducting investigations on the Space Shuttle and ISS. These 
will include investigations of the effect of microgravity on skeletal 
myofibers, avian development in space, the effects of microgravity on 
bone as a function of age, changes in gene expression in bacteria in 
space, and the effects of gravity on plant photosynthesis and 
respiration. New research projects will be selected in the areas of 
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physics, and materials science, and commercial payloads will be flown on 
both the Shuttle and aboard ISS.

    Earth Science.--The mission of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) 
is to develop a scientific understanding of the Earth system and its 
response to natural and human-induced changes to enable improved 
prediction of climate, weather and natural hazards for present and 
future generations. ESE seeks to answer a question of fundamental 
importance to science and society: How is the Earth system changing, and 
what are the consequences for life on Earth? To do so ESE is developing 
the interdisciplinary research field of Earth System Science, which 
recognizes that the Earth's land surface, oceans, atmosphere, ice 
sheets, and life itself all interact in a highly dynamic system. Earth 
system science is an area of research with immense benefit to the 
Nation, leading to new knowledge and tools that may improve weather 
forecasting, agriculture, urban and regional planning, environmental 
quality, and natural disaster management. ESE has established three 
goals to pursue in order to fulfill its mission: (1) Science--observe, 
understand, and model the Earth system to learn how it is changing, and 
the consequences for life on Earth; (2) Applications--expand and 
accelerate the realization of economic and societal benefits from Earth 
science, information, and technology; (3) Technology--develop and adopt 
advanced technologies to enable mission success and serve national 
priorities.

     In ESE Science, 2000 was another year of substantial accomplishment 
toward understanding the Earth system. In an 11-day Space Shuttle 
mission, a new inteferometric synthetic aperture radar technique 
collected data sufficient to produce the first detailed topographic map 
of the entire land surface of the Earth between 60+N and 56+S. Landsat 7 
completed a global survey of land cover, and the Terra satellite 
observed the global land and ocean biosphere as it underwent seasonal 
changes, and showed that snow cover over North America was substantially 
below normal following the warmest winter on record. The QuikSCAT 
satellite observed a Connecticut-size iceberg break off of the Antarctic 
polar ice sheet, and the US and Canada mapped Antarctica for the second 
time with space-based radar in order to compare with the first and 
determine rates of change. Using data from the US/Japan Tropical 
Rainfall Measuring Mission, researchers determined that air pollution 
affects rainfall rates downwind of its sources. Also in 2000, ESE 
formulated a new Research Strategy for 2000-2010 to guide research over 
the next decade, identifying 23 societally important research questions 
in the Earth system paradigm of variability, forcing, response, 
consequence and prediction. This Research Strategy will guide ESE's 
science activities and investments over the next decade.

     In ESE Applications, ESE has entered into a variety of partnerships 
that will demonstrate the goods and services made possible by ESE's 
research. ESE provides QuikSCAT data in real time to NOAA to improve 
marine weather forecasting, and has used these data to show that severe 
storms forming over the oceans can be predicted two days in advance. ESE 
is working with FEMA to use remote sensing tools to update their flood 
plain maps throughout the US. In a partnership called AG 2020 with USDA 
and four growers associations representing 100,000 farmers, ESE is 
demonstrating how to increase crop productivity, reduce risks to crop 
health, and manage environmental impacts. With the National Institutes 
of Health, we are exploring the use of satellite data to predict spread 
of infectious diseases such as malaria that are highly influenced by 
weather and climate. Throughout the summer, three ESE satellites tracked 
devastating wildfires in the western US, providing data to the US Forest 
Service and regional authorities. ESE held three regional workshops 
across the US to plan the next generation of applications demonstration 
projects with State and local governments in infrastructure planning and 
related topics.

     In ESE Technology, the Enterprise launched its first New Millennium 
Program satellite to demonstrate a variety of new technologies for Earth 
Science. These include a new instrument to produce a Landsat-type sensor 
one-fourth the size of the current Landsat 7 instrument, and the first 
hyperspectral imager in space, which views the land surface in hundreds 
of spectral channels rather than the conventional 5 to 7. Sponsored 
technology research with universities, industry and other government 
laboratories moved 20 different remote sensing instrument concepts one 
step closer to reality on an established scale of technology maturity. 
These will substantially reduce the cost and enhance the capability of 
new satellites over the next decade or more.

     ESE is in the midst of deployment of the Earth Observing System 
(EOS), a set of spacecraft and associated interdisciplinary science 
investigations to initiate a long-term data set of key parameters 
required for the study of global climate change. The first four EOS 
satellites are already in orbit, including the flagship Terra mission 
launched in 1999. The remaining EOS satellites will be launched through 
2003, including Aqua (2001) to study the water cycle and atmospheric 
circulation, and Aura (2003) to probe the chemistry of the upper and 
lower atmosphere. Complementing EOS is a series of small, focused Earth 
System Science Pathfinder missions to explore Earth system processes 
never before examined globally from space. Data from the EOS satellites 
already in orbit are being acquired, processed, and distributed by the 
EOS Data and Information System (EOSDIS), which is currently handling 
more than 1 terabyte of data per day. EOSDIS handled 1.5 million user 
queries for over 8 million products in 2000. EOSDIS continues to evolve 
as new satellites are launched, and as new partners are added to produce 
data products with innovative applications.

     As it deploys EOS, ESE is also planning for the future. For 
example, a Landsat Data Continuity Mission is being formulated in 
partnership with USGS, and will be implemented as a commercial data 
purchase, if possible. ESE is also planning for the transition of 
several of its key research observations to the Nation's weather 
satellite system. The DoD, NOAA and NASA have established an Integrated 
Program Office (IPO) to create a converged civilian and military weather 
satellite system called the National Polar-orbiting Operational 
Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) to replace the present 
generation of separate systems. NASA and the IPO are jointly funding the 
NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) that will simultaneously continue key 
measurements begun by EOS and demonstrate instruments for NPOESS. The 
NPP will save money for both organizations by combining essential 
atmospheric and Earth surface observations on a single platform, and by 
seeking to meet both climate science and operational weather 
requirements with the same advanced instruments.

    ESE data products and research are a major contribution to the US 
Global Change Research Program, an interagency collaboration overseen by 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the National Science and 
Technology Council. Because Earth science is inherently global in scope, 
ESE is engaged in a variety of international partnerships with 
individual nation's space agencies, and with international consortia 
such as the World Meteorological Organization. ESE seeks and receives 
scientific advice on a broad range of topics from the various boards and 
committees of the National Research Council. These partnerships, 
together with those above, ensure that NASA's Earth Science Enterprise 
conducts research at the frontiers of Earth science on questions of 
practical importance to the Nation.

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    Aerospace Technology.--The mission of this Enterprise is to pioneer 
the identification, development, verification, transfer, application, 
and commercialization of high-payoff aerospace technologies. Through its 
research and technology accomplishments, Aerospace Technology promotes 
economic growth and national security by supporting a safe, efficient 
national aviation system and affordable, reliable space transportation. 
In addition, the Aerospace Technology Program supports the development 
of crosscutting technology to serve the needs of all NASA Enterprises. 
To meet this challenge, the Enterprise has established three main 
technology goals and one goal for commercialization. Within the three 
technology goals a set of objectives has been defined to address current 
and future National needs. The technologies associated with these 
objectives are pre-competitive, long-term, high-risk research endeavors 
with high payoff in terms of market growth, safety, low acquisition 
cost, consumer affordability and a cleaner environment. The first goal, 
Revolutionize Aviation, addresses the fundamental, systemic issues in 
the aviation system to ensure continued growth and development 
appropriate to the needs of the national and global economies. These 
systemic issues--safety, capacity, environmental compatibility, and 
mobility--cut across markets including large subsonic civil transports, 
air cargo, commuter and general aviation. NASA coordinates its 
investments and technology objectives in this area with the Federal 
Aviation Administration and the Department of Defense through the 
National Research and Development Plan for Aviation Security, 
Efficiency, and Environmental Compatibility. The second goal, Advance 
Space Transportation, will create a safe, affordable highway through the 
air and into space by improving safety, reliability, and operability, 
while significantly reducing the cost of space transportation systems. 
With the creation of the Integrated Space Transportation Plan (ISTP), 
NASA defined a single, integrated investment strategy for all its 
diverse space transportation efforts. The third goal, Pioneer Technology 
Innovation, is unique in that it focuses on broad, crosscutting 
innovations critical to a number of NASA missions and to the aerospace 
industry in general. Pursuing technology fields that are in their 
infancy today, developing the knowledge bases necessary to design 
radically new aerospace systems, and developing tools for efficient, 
high-confidence design and development, will enable a revolution in 
aerospace. The fourth goal, Commercialize Technology, is to extend the 
commercial application of NASA technology for economic benefit and 
improved quality of life. By partnering with both aerospace and non-
aerospace industry as well as academia, the full range of NASA's 
assets--technological expertise, new technologies, and research 
facilities--are made available to help the Nation.

    As planned in the FY 2001 budget request, the Administration's 2002 
request includes an increase in funding for the 2nd Generation Reusable 
Launch Vehicle (RLV) Program, although this request is lower than last 
year's projections primarily due to reallocation of Crew Return Vehicle 
placeholder funding to the International Space Station. Low-cost space 
transportation remains the key enabler for a more aggressive civil space 
program. NASA's Integrated Space Transportation Planning activities have 
identified a strategy based upon competition, safety, industry 
leadership and affordable requirements. Funding supports aggressive 
technical risk reduction and advanced development for multiple reusable 
launch vehicle concepts. Identification and preliminary development of 
NASA-unique systems and near-term pursuit of technologies required for 
alternative access for key Space Station needs are also both critical 
elements of the Integrated Space Transportation Plan (ISTP). All of 
these efforts combined will move NASA closer to a full and open RLV 
competition in the middle of this decade to meet NASA's human space 
flight needs by the end of the decade. In FY 2001, NASA will make the 
first risk reduction activity awards to industry under the 2nd 
Generation RLV Program. These risk reduction activities will continue 
through FY 2002 and feed future steps toward the launch services 
competition at mid-decade. The President's FY 2002 Budget prescribes 
several key management reforms in areas like vehicle requirements and 
program integration that will help ensure the success of this important 
undertaking.

    The Administration's request includes a significant investment in 
computing and information technology developments and also increases the 
investment in biotechnology and nanotechnology--the revolutionary 
technologies of the 21st Century. To ensure the highest quality research 
and strong ties to NASA's mission, these investments will be guided by 
technology development agreements signed by customers in other NASA 
Enterprises and subject to external, independent reviews. A significant 
portion of these investments will be externally competed. The 
Administration's request supports the implementation of six University-
based Research, Education, and Training Institutes (RETIs). This will 
strengthen NASA's ties to the academic community through long-term 
sustained investment in areas of science and technology critical to 
NASA's future. To ensure the highest quality research and training and 
infusion of new ideas, these RETIs will be subject to independent, 
external reviews and recompetition at regular intervals, including 
mandatory sunsets after ten years. The Administration's request also 
supports a 21st Century aerospace vehicle technology program. This 
research will develop and verify critical technologies that provide 
leapfrog capabilities for aerospace vehicles that will be able to change 
their shape in flight like birds to optimize performance or perform 
complex maneuvers in complete safety, and be capable of self repair when 
damaged.

    The President's request for NASA maintains investments in technology 
development activities that will address the challenges (safety, 
environmental impact, capacity, and noise reduction) that face the 
Nation's air system. As part of NASA's response to the national goal of 
reducing aircraft accidents by a factor of 5 by the end of FY 2007, NASA 
began a focused Aviation Safety Program (AvSP) in FY 2000 that builds on 
the extensive safety related activities of the Base Research and 
Technology (R&T) Programs. The base technologies provided the foundation 
for focused safety development efforts in the future, as well as some 
near-term achievements. For example, in FY 2000, AvSP produced an icing 
training program for general aviation and commuter pilots, completed a 
flight evaluation of an initial national capability for digital data 
link and graphical display of weather information, and demonstrated a 
concept for the integration of air traffic control runway incursion 
information onto aircraft flight deck displays. In FY 2001, the AvSP 
will complete a laboratory demonstration of a fuel system modification 
to reduce flammability, define the architecture for an integrated 
onboard health management system, and down-select synthetic vision 
concepts suitable for retrofit in commercial, business, and general 
aviation aircraft. The Base R&T Programs will continue to develop the 
technologies that will contribute to the FY 2007 goal. For example, in 
FY 2002, NASA will complete an interim progress assessment utilizing the 
technology products of the Aviation Safety program as well as related 
Aerospace Base R&T efforts to demonstrate potential to meet the National 
Goal.

    NASA also continued its efforts to reduce the environmental impact 
associated with aviation systems. The Ultra Efficient Engine Technology 
(UEET) program is a focused program that began in FY 2000. UEET is 
planned and designed to develop high-payoff, high-risk technologies to 
enable the next breakthroughs in propulsion systems and to spawn a new 
generation of high-performance, operationally efficient and economical, 
reliable and environmentally compatible U.S. air

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craft. In FY 2002, UEET will, in sector combustor tests, demonstrate 
initial 70% low NOx reduction, relative to 1996 International Civil 
Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards for Landing/Takeoff conditions in 
subsonic engines. Similarly, progress is being achieved in noise 
abatement efforts. In 2000, NASA validated the technologies required to 
reduce community noise impact by up to 10 dB relative to 1992 
technology. In FY 2001 and FY 2002, NASA will: select engine system and 
airframe system technologies necessary to achieve a 3-dB aircraft system 
noise reduction beyond the 1997 baseline, establish the influence of 
wind and temperature gradients on community noise impact, and release 
the beta version of an improved advanced noise prediction code. Also in 
FY 2002, source diagnostics tests will be completed, giving engine 
component designers insight into the fundamental physics of the 
mechanisms that generate broadband fan noise. The data generated by 
these tests will be used to improve the computational algorithms used in 
computer codes to predict engine noise. The design of an advanced 
concept for reduced jet noise will be initiated for testing at 
laboratory scale later in the Quiet Aircraft Technology program.

    In FY 2000, NASA's Aviation System Capacity program demonstrated 
technologies in a realistic Terminal Area environment, achieving a 12-
15% increase in single-runway throughput and proving the ability to 
space aircraft closer than 3,400 feet on parallel runways while meeting 
all Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety criteria. In FY 2001, 
NASA will demonstrate transition airspace decision support tools for: 
(1) Air Traffic Control (ATC)/airline operations center and ATC/cockpit 
information exchange, and (2) conflict resolution. In FY 2002 NASA will 
demonstrate an interoperable suite of at least two decision support 
tools for arrival, surface and departure operations and begin an 
activity entitled AvSTAR which will undertake a Virtual Airspace 
Modeling project to produce a high-fidelity computer model of the 
Nation's aviation system. This model will help the FAA and NASA develop 
new operational concepts and better understand the benefits of new 
technologies for reducing aviation system congestion and delays while 
improving aviation safety.

    Building on its world-record-setting performances, the Environmental 
Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) project modified the 
Centurion solar-powered remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) to a wingspan 
configuration of greater than 245 feet, renamed the aircraft Helios, and 
continued flight testing in FY 2000. This configuration will be more 
suitable for extreme endurance as well as short flights to the 100,000 
ft. altitude. In FY 2001, the Flight Research program will demonstrate a 
solar-powered RPA at 100,000 ft and complete development of a 
heavyweight energy storage system under the ERAST project. Both 
achievements will demonstrate technologies that will provide atmospheric 
satellites for commercial use, disaster relief efforts such as 
communication relays and real time sensing, and will increase the 
Nation's capability to make scientific sampling high in the atmosphere. 
In FY 2002 flight validation of an experimental, consumable fuel, RPA 
design will enable an enhanced prototype vehicle that meets the 
prescribed set of Earth Science RPA platform requirements.

    The Commercial Technology Program's focus in FY 2000 was continued 
investment of 10-20 percent of the NASA R&D budget in commercial 
partnerships with industry and a more efficiently administered program. 
Based on experience to date, these commercial partnerships are expected 
to increase the return on the Government's R&D investment, allowing NASA 
to do more with limited funds, and strengthening the international 
competitiveness of key industry sectors. In FY 2001 and 2002, the 
program will continue to emphasize innovative commercial partnerships 
with industry and continue to refine and enhance a technology and 
partnership database. In addition, the Small Business Innovative 
Research programs will pursue increased use and expanded commercial 
application of the developed technology.

    Academic programs.--The goal of Academic Programs is educational 
excellence: NASA involves the educational community in our endeavors to 
inspire America's students, create learning opportunities, and enlighten 
inquisitive minds. NASA's Education Program brings students and 
educators at all levels into its missions and its research as 
participants and partners, providing opportunities for a diverse group 
of educators and students to experience first hand involvement with NASA 
personnel, facilities, and research and development activities. Academic 
Programs includes the Minority University Research Program, with a goal 
to expand NASA's research base by strengthening the research 
capabilities of minority universities and colleges; to contribute to the 
scientific and technological workforce; and to promote educational 
excellence. The range of activities conducted under this program will 
continue to capture the interest of all students in science and 
technology, develop talented students at the undergraduate and graduate 
levels, provide research opportunities for students and faculty members 
at NASA centers, and strengthen and enhance the research capabilities of 
the Nation's colleges and universities.

    The 2003 budget estimate for this account is $8.1 billion.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 80-0110-0-1-999      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
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      Direct obligations:

        Personnel compensation:
11.1      Full-time permanent...........                                 814
11.3      Other than full-time permanent                                  10
11.5      Other personnel compensation..                                  25
11.8      Special personal services 
            payments....................                                   7
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
11.9        Total personnel compensation                                 856
12.1    Civilian personnel benefits.....                                 185
13.0    Benefits for former personnel...                                 619
21.0    Travel and transportation of 
          persons.......................                                  31
22.0    Transportation of things........           4           5           5
23.1    Rental payments to GSA..........                                   8
23.3    Communications, utilities, and 
          miscellaneous charges.........          54          58          51
24.0    Printing and reproduction.......           6           5           5
25.1    Advisory and assistance services         118         116          93
25.2    Other services..................         627         824         731
25.3    Purchases of goods and services 
          from Government accounts......         250         238         211
25.4    Operation and maintenance of 
          facilities....................         395         282         250
25.5    Research and development 
          contracts.....................       2,910       3,343       2,962
25.6    Medical care....................                                   2
25.7    Operation and maintenance of 
          equipment.....................          47          88          78
26.0    Supplies and materials..........         146         224         199
31.0    Equipment.......................         122         108          96
32.0    Land and structures.............          65          26          23
41.0    Grants, subsidies, and 
          contributions.................         845         871         773
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.0      Subtotal, direct obligations..       5,589       6,188       7,178
99.0  Reimbursable obligations..........         432         600         680
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total new obligations...........       6,021       6,788       7,858
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                              Personnel Summary

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Identification code 80-0110-0-1-999      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
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    Direct:
1001  Total compensable workyears: Full-
        time equivalent employment......                              10,772
    Reimbursable:
2001  Total compensable workyears: Full-
        time equivalent employment......                                  50
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                            [Mission Support]

    [For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying out 
mission support for human space flight programs and science, 
aeronautical, and technology programs, including research operations and 
support; maintenance; construction of facilities including 
revitalization and modification of facilities, construction of new 
facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and 
design, environmental compliance and restoration, and acquisition or 
condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel expenses; purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft; not to exceed $40,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and purchase (not to exceed 33 for replacement 
only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $2,608,700,000 to remain 
available until September 30, 2002.] (Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2001, as enacted by section 1(a)(1) of P.L. 106-
377.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 80-0112-0-1-999      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
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    Obligations by program activity:
      Direct program:

00.01   Safety, mission assurance, 
          engineering, and advanced 
          concepts......................          43          47           5
00.02   Research and program management.       2,200       2,292          43
00.03   Construction of facilities......         170         233          56
00.04   Space communication services....          88           5
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
01.00   Total direct program............       2,501       2,577         104
09.01 Reimbursable program..............         114          76
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
10.00   Total new obligations...........       2,615       2,653         104
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance carried 
        forward, start of year..........          86         136         162
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......       2,625       2,679
22.10 Resources available from 
        recoveries of prior year 
        obligations.....................          40
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......       2,751       2,815         162
23.95 Total new obligations.............      -2,615      -2,653        -104
24.40 Unobligated balance carried 
        forward, end of year............         136         162          58
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    New budget authority (gross), detail:
      Discretionary:

40.00   Appropriation...................       2,514       2,609
40.35   Appropriation rescinded.........          -3
40.77   Reduction pursuant to P.L. 106-
          554 (0.22 percent)............                      -6
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
43.00     Appropriation (total 
            discretionary)..............       2,511       2,603
      Spending authority from offsetting 
          collections:

68.00   Offsetting collections (cash)...         137          76
68.10   Change in uncollected customer 
          payments from Federal sources.         -23
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
68.90     Spending authority from 
            offsetting collections 
            (total discretionary).......         114          76
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
70.00   Total new budget authority 
          (gross).......................       2,625       2,679
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    Change in unpaid obligations:
      Unpaid obligations, start of year:

72.40   Unpaid obligations, start of 
          year..........................         645         659         664
72.95   Uncollected customer payments 
          from Federal sources, start of 
          year..........................         -59         -36         -36
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
72.99     Obligated balance, start of 
            year........................         586         623         628
73.10 Total new obligations.............       2,615       2,653         104
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............      -2,553      -2,648        -538
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts 
        (net)...........................          -9
73.45 Recoveries of prior year 
        obligations.....................         -40
74.00 Change in uncollected customer 
        payments from Federal sources...          23
      Unpaid obligations, end of year:

74.40   Unpaid obligations, end of year.         659         664         230
74.95   Uncollected customer payments 
          from Federal sources, end of 
          year..........................         -36         -36         -36
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
74.99     Obligated balance, end of year         623         628         194
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    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new discretionary 
        authority.......................       1,988       2,156
86.93 Outlays from discretionary 
        balances........................         565         492         538
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........       2,553       2,648         538
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    Offsets:
      Against gross budget authority and outlays:

        Offsetting collections (cash) 
            from:
88.40     Non-Federal sources...........         -18         -15
88.45     Offsetting governmental 
            collections from the public.        -119         -61
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
88.90       Total, offsetting 
              collections (cash)........        -137         -76
      Against gross budget authority only:

88.95   Change in uncollected customer 
          payments from Federal sources.          23
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    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................       2,511       2,603
90.00 Outlays...........................       2,416       2,572         538
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    Note.--Excludes $2,741 million in budget authority in 2002 for 
activities transferred to Human Space Flight and Science, Aeronautics 
and Technology. Estimated comparable amounts for 2000 ($2,422 million) 
and 2001 ($2,602 million) are included above.

    In FY 2000 and FY 2001, this appropriation provides funding for 
mission support and includes: safety, mission assurance, engineering and 
advanced concepts activities supporting agency programs; salaries and 
related expenses in support of research in NASA field installations; 
design, repair, rehabilitation and modification of institutional 
facilities and construction of new institutional facilities; and other 
operations activities supporting conduct of agency programs.

    Beginning in FY 2002, NASA is implementing a two-appropriation 
budget (excluding the Inspector General account). The two-appropriation 
budget (Human Space Flight (HSF) and Science, Aeronautics and Technology 
(SAT)) is NASA's first step at transitioning to a full cost budget. 
While full cost will ultimately integrate institutional and programmatic 
funds into a single budget, that integration is done in a step-wise 
manner, by providing for a mission support budget line under each 
Enterprise and eliminating the present mission support appropriation. 
This initial step will begin to recognize, budget, and track direct full 
time eqivalent (FTE) personnel associated at the Enterprise level and 
then use this FTE data to distribute other-than-direct (OTD) 
institutional costs (Research and Program Management and non-
programmatic Construction of Facilities) using the relative percentages 
of direct FTE's by Enterprise.

    This means the distribution of the OTD resources takes advantage of 
a basic assumption, to be used prior to the existence of cost and 
service pools, that FTE's are a reasonable relative indicator at the 
Enterprise level of required facility and institutional capabilities. 
Taking this step will help program/project personnel and decision makers 
begin to understand the potential magnitude of institutional funds that 
are associated with each Enterprise in preparation for the day when full 
cost budgeting will distribute these funds most appropriately to the 
project level via the appropriate cost/service pools.

    The Mission Support budget shown below is shown for display purposes 
only. Beginning in FY 2002, there will no longer be a Mission Support 
account. Institutional costs will be budgeted within HSF and SAT (as 
discussed above) and Safety, mission assurance and engineering will be 
budgeted within the HSF account.

    NASA plans to control personnel levels through full time permanent 
(FTP) civil servant positions while continuing to track full time 
equivalent positions, as done in the past. This will allow NASA more 
flexibility in the use of non-permanent positions for short-term 
technical needs as well as co-op and intern programs.

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Performance Objectives

    Research and program management.--In FY 2000 and FY 2001, this 
activity provides for the salaries, travel support, other personnel 
expenses of the entire NASA civil service workforce, and includes vital 
support to the physical plant at the Centers and at NASA Headquarters.

    Construction of facilities.--In FY 2000 and FY 2001, this activity 
provides for facility construction activities to preserve NASA's 
infrastructure and enable NASA's missions; environmental compliance and 
restoration activities, design of facilities projects, and advanced 
planning and critical functional leadership activities related to future 
facilities needs. Activities in support of construction projects to 
repair, revitalize and modernize the basic infrastructure and 
institutional facilities at NASA centers will continue with the major 
focus on eliminating safety-related concerns. Increasing attention is 
being given to activities in support of environmental compliance and 
restoration requirements.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 80-0112-0-1-999      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
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      Direct obligations:

        Personnel compensation:
11.1      Full-time permanent...........       1,268       1,370
11.3      Other than full-time permanent          21          25
11.5      Other personnel compensation..          26          32
11.8      Special personal services 
            payments....................          10           9
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
11.9        Total personnel compensation       1,325       1,436
12.1    Civilian personnel benefits.....         289         313
13.0    Benefits for former personnel...           7
21.0    Travel and transportation of 
          persons.......................          50          53
22.0    Transportation of things........           6           4
23.1    Rental payments to GSA..........          17          13
23.3    Communications, utilities, and 
          miscellaneous charges.........          19          28           4
24.0    Printing and reproduction.......           7           5           1
25.1    Advisory and assistance services          10           5           1
25.2    Other services..................         242         191          26
25.3    Purchases of goods and services 
          from Government accounts......          27          22           3
25.4    Operation and maintenance of 
          facilities....................         105         119          16
25.5    Research and development 
          contracts.....................          70         110          15
25.6    Medical care....................           7           5           1
25.7    Operation and maintenance of 
          equipment.....................         100          77          10
26.0    Supplies and materials..........          47          31           4
31.0    Equipment.......................          25          39           5
32.0    Land and structures.............         143         123          17
41.0    Grants, subsidies, and 
          contributions.................           6           3           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.0      Subtotal, direct obligations..       2,502       2,577         104
99.0  Reimbursable obligations..........         113          76
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total new obligations...........       2,615       2,653         104
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                              Personnel Summary

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Identification code 80-0112-0-1-999      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
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    Direct:
1001  Total compensable workyears: Full-
        time equivalent employment......      18,094      18,643
    Reimbursable:
2001  Total compensable workyears: Full-
        time equivalent employment......          89          98
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                        Research and Development

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 80-0108-0-1-999      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
      Unpaid obligations, start of year:

72.40   Unpaid obligations, start of 
          year..........................          29
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
72.99     Obligated balance, start of 
            year........................          29
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -18
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts 
        (net)...........................         -11
      Unpaid obligations, end of year:

74.40   Unpaid obligations, end of year.
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
74.99     Obligated balance, end of year
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from discretionary 
        balances........................          18
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays...........................          18
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    Since FY 1995 NASA's research and development activities have been 
performed in Human space flight; Science, aeronautics and technology; 
and Mission support. This account shows spending from balances prior to 
the account restructuring.

                                

              Space Flight, Control and Data Communications

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 80-0105-0-1-252      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
      Unpaid obligations, start of year:

72.40   Unpaid obligations, start of 
          year..........................          14           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
72.99     Obligated balance, start of 
            year........................          14           1
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............          -1          -1
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts 
        (net)...........................         -13
      Unpaid obligations, end of year:

74.40   Unpaid obligations, end of year.           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
74.99     Obligated balance, end of year           1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from discretionary 
        balances........................           1           1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays...........................           1           1
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    Since FY 1995 NASA's Space flight, control and data communications 
activities have been performed in Human space flight; Science, 
aeronautics and technology; and Mission support. This account shows 
spending from balances prior to the account restructuring.

                                

                       Construction of Facilities

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 80-0107-0-1-999      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
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    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total new obligations.............           7
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance carried 
        forward, start of year..........          13           7           7
23.95 Total new obligations.............          -7
24.40 Unobligated balance carried 
        forward, end of year............           7           7           7
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    Change in unpaid obligations:
      Unpaid obligations, start of year:

72.40   Unpaid obligations, start of 
          year..........................          18          12
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------

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72.99     Obligated balance, start of 
            year........................          18          12
73.10 Total new obligations.............           7
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -12         -12          -7
      Unpaid obligations, end of year:

74.40   Unpaid obligations, end of year.          12                      -7
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
74.99     Obligated balance, end of year          12                      -7
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    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from discretionary 
        balances........................          12          12           7
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    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays...........................          12          12           7
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    Since FY 1995 NASA's Construction of facilities activities have been 
performed in Human space flight; Science, aeronautics and technology; 
and Mission support. This account shows spending from balances prior to 
the account restructuring.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 80-0107-0-1-999      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
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25.2  Other services....................           1
25.3  Purchases of goods and services 
        from Government accounts........           2
32.0  Land and structures...............           4
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total new obligations...........           7
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                       Office of Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
[$23,000,000] $23,700,000. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2001, as enacted by section 1(a)(1) of P.L. 106-377.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 80-0109-0-1-252      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
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    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total new obligations.............          20          23          24
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......          20          23          24
23.95 Total new obligations.............         -20         -23         -24
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
      Discretionary:

40.00   Appropriation...................          20          23          24
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    Change in unpaid obligations:
      Unpaid obligations, start of year:

72.40   Unpaid obligations, start of 
          year..........................           3           2           3
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
72.99     Obligated balance, start of 
            year........................           3           2           3
73.10 Total new obligations.............          20          23          24
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -20         -22         -24
      Unpaid obligations, end of year:

74.40   Unpaid obligations, end of year.           2           3           2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
74.99     Obligated balance, end of year           2           3           2
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    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new discretionary 
        authority.......................          18          20          21
86.93 Outlays from discretionary 
        balances........................           2           1           3
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........          20          22          24
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    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................          20          23          24
90.00 Outlays...........................          20          22          24
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    The mission of the Office of Inspector General is to conduct audits 
and investigations of agency activities. The Inspector General keeps the 
Administrator informed of problems and deficiencies in agency programs 
and operations.

    The 2003 budget estimate for this account is $25 million.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 80-0109-0-1-252      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
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11.1  Personnel compensation: Full-time 
        permanent.......................          16          18          18
12.1  Civilian personnel benefits.......           3           4           4
21.0  Travel and transportation of 
        persons.........................           1           1           2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total new obligations...........          20          23          24
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                              Personnel Summary

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Identification code 80-0109-0-1-252      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
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1001  Total compensable workyears: Full-
        time equivalent employment......         192         213         213
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                               Trust Funds

           Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust Fund

              Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 80-8978-0-7-503      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
01.99 Balance, start of year............          15          15          15
    Receipts:
02.40 Earnings on investments; Science, 
        Space and Technology Education, 
        Trust Fu........................           1           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
04.00 Total: Balances and collections...          16          16          16
    Appropriations:
05.00 Science, space, and technology 
        education trust fund............          -1          -1          -1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
07.99 Balance, end of year..............          15          15          15
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               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 80-8978-0-7-503      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total new obligations (object 
        class 41.0).....................           1           1           1
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......           1           1           1
23.95 Total new obligations.............          -1          -1          -1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
      Mandatory:

60.27   Appropriation (trust fund, 
          indefinite)...................           1           1           1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 Total new obligations.............           1           1           1
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............          -1          -1          -1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new mandatory 
        authority.......................           1           1           1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................           1           1           1
90.00 Outlays...........................           1           1           1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Memorandum (non-add) entries:
92.01 Total investments, start of year: 
        Federal securities: Par value...          13          13          13
92.02 Total investments, end of year: 
        Federal securities: Par value...          13          13          13
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                      National Space Grant Program

              Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 80-8977-0-7-252      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
01.99 Balance, start of year............
    Receipts:
02.00 Gifts and donations...............                       3
    Appropriations:
05.00 National space grant program gift 
        fund............................                      -3
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------

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07.99 Balance, end of year..............
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               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 80-8977-0-7-252      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total new obligations (object 
        class 41.0).....................                       3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......                       3
23.95 Total new obligations.............                      -3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
      Mandatory:

60.27   Appropriation (trust fund, 
          indefinite)...................                       3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 Total new obligations.............                       3
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............                      -3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new mandatory 
        authority.......................                       3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................                       3
90.00 Outlays...........................                       3
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                        Administrative Provisions

    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Human space flight'', or ``Science, aeronautics and 
technology''[, or ``Mission support''] by this appropriations Act, when 
any activity has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations for 
construction of facilities as authorized by law, such amount available 
for such activity shall remain available until expended. This provision 
does not apply to the amounts appropriated [in ``Mission support'' 
pursuant to the authorization] for institutional minor revitalization 
and construction of facilities, and institutional facility planning and 
design.
    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Human space flight'', or ``Science, aeronautics and 
technology''[, or ``Mission support''] by this appropriations Act, the 
amounts appropriated for construction of facilities shall remain 
available until September 30, [2003] 2004.
    [Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Mission support'' and ``Office of Inspector 
General'', amounts made available by this Act for personnel and related 
costs and travel expenses of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall remain available until September 30, 2001 and may 
be used to enter into contracts for training, investigations, costs 
associated with personnel relocation, and for other services, to be 
provided during the next fiscal year.] Funds for announced prizes 
otherwise authorized shall remain available, without fiscal year 
limitation, until the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn.
    [Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the joint 
explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying this 
Act, no part of the funds appropriated for ``Human space flight'' may be 
used for the development of the International Space Station in excess of 
the amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted as part of the 
budget request for fiscal year 2001.]
    [No funds in this or any other Appropriations Act may be used to 
finalize an agreement prior to December 1, 2001 between NASA and a 
nongovernment organization to conduct research utilization and 
commercialization management activities of the International Space 
Station.] (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, as 
enacted by section 1(a)(1) of P.L. 106-377.)

                                


 
       [TITLE XIII--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION]

                       [Administrative Provision]

    [Sec. 1301. Of the proceeds in any fiscal year from the sale of 
timber on Federal property at the John C. Stennis Space Center, or on 
additional real property within the restricted easement area adjacent to 
the Center, any funds that are in excess of the amount necessary for the 
expenses of commonly accepted forest management practices on such 
properties may be retained and used by the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration for the acquisition from willing sellers of up to a 
total of 500 acres of real property to establish education and visitor 
programs and facilities that promote and preserve the regional and 
national history of the area, including the contributions of Stennis 
Space Center, and, as necessary, for wetlands mitigation.] (Division B, 
Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001, as enacted by section 1(a)(4) of 
P.L. 106-554.)
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