United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-05-12 monographic deposited born digital 37 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-95-155BR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-155BR P0b002ee1803910e3 f:ns95155b DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-155BR machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-155BR NSIAD-95-155BR Future budget projections Budget authority Budget cuts Aerospace research Space exploration Research and development costs Agency missions Appropriated funds Cost control Presidential budgets NASA Earth Observing System NASA Cassini Saturn Probe Program NASA Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility Program NASA Space Station Program NASA Space Shuttle Program Russia High-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer NASA Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby Program NASA Space Infrared Telescope Facility NASA Hubble Space Telescope Program NASA Compton Gamma Ray Observatory NASA Advanced Solid Rocket Motor Program NASA Structural Spares Program Briefing Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) budgets, focusing on: (1) NASA efforts to reduce or eliminate the gap between its funding requirements and projected budgets; and (2) whether gaps remain between NASA program plans and its future budgets.<p/>GAO found that: (1) recent events have reopened the gap between NASA program plans and its projected budgets; (2) NASA has not yet developed plans for closing this gap, projected at $5.3 billion from fiscal years 1996 through 2000; (3) NASA closed its previous funding gap by changing or eliminating some major programs, resulting in increased risks in some of its largest programs; and (4) the $20-billion reduction in program plans was based on the assumption that NASA could reduce shuttle operating costs by another $1.3 billion through fiscal year 2000. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-155BR/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-155BR.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-155BR/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-155BR.pdf GAO/NSIAD-95-155BR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-155BR Briefing Report GAO/NSIAD-95-155BR; NASA Budgets: Gap Between Funding Requirements and Projected Budgets Has Been Reopened; Future budget projections Budget authority Budget cuts Aerospace research Space exploration Research and development costs Agency missions Appropriated funds Cost control Presidential budgets NASA Earth Observing System NASA Cassini Saturn Probe Program NASA Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility Program NASA Space Station Program NASA Space Shuttle Program Russia High-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer NASA Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby Program NASA Space Infrared Telescope Facility NASA Hubble Space Telescope Program NASA Compton Gamma Ray Observatory NASA Advanced Solid Rocket Motor Program NASA Structural Spares Program