Solar System Exploration Policy Forum




FY13 NASA OPERATING PLAN CONTROVERSY

PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER SPECIAL REPORT AND ANALYSIS: NASA Operating Plan for FY2013 to Target Planetary Overall, Cuts Research and Competed Missions


M.V. Sykes Letters to Senate and House CJS Subcommittee Chairs and Ranking Members (5/19/13) M.V. Sykes Letters to the Arizona Delegation (5/19/13) M.V. Sykes Letters to NASA (5/19/13)


DISASTER

Success statistics as of December 30, 2012. ROSES year proposals are generally funded in the following fiscal year (e.g., ROSES 2012 proposals are funded in FY2013).

Report on R&A Programs to NRC Space Studies Board Committee on Astrobiology & Planetary Science (CAPS), January 23, 2013 (pdf)
UPDATE 12/30/12 - R&A Budget History by Program Element, FY 2003-2013 (xlsx)
Community Responses to Historically Low Selection Rates by NASA Planetary R&A Programs (Collected by M.V. Sykes, Updated December 23, 2012) (pdf)


NASA Planetary Science Division Research and Analysis Programs - An Assessment (M.V. Sykes, December 9, 2012 - AS AMENDED December 15, 2012) (pdf)
R&A Budget History by Program Element, FY 2003-2013 (xlsx)
PSD Research and Analysis Program Grant Statistics, ROSES 2003-2011 (xlsx)




Obama speech commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Kennedy Moon speech at Rice University, September 12, 1962 (as envisioned by M.V. Sykes, September 8, 2012)

Flat-funding NASA Planetary Science at the FY12 Level ($1501.4M) at a Minimum, Allows Most Decadal Recommendations to be Implemented, and Offers a Path for Restoring Mars Exploration (Sykes, April 6, 2012)

Impact of Delays in Selection and Funding of Research and Data Analysis Program Awards (March 31, 2012)

Restoring the NASA Mars Program (PSI, March 16, 2012)

Talking Points: The President's FY13 Budget Proposal for NASA, Its Impact on Solar System Exploration, and the Corrective Actions that are Needed (PSI, March 5, 2012)

Background Courtesy NASA/JPL/Caltech.