| FY08 Omnibus Appropriated |
FY06 Actual |
FY07 Requested |
FY08 Requested |
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| SMD | 5577.31 | 5244.6 | 5466.8 | 5516.10 | ||
| Planetary Science | 1405.5 | 1298.9 | 1411.2 | 1395.8 | ||
| Discovery | 181.6 | 131.8 | 179.9 | 184.9 | ||
| New Frontiers | 146.8 | 118.1 | 158.1 | 147.3 | ||
| Technology | 66.4 | 56.7 | 73.4 | 67.6 | ||
| Planetary Science Research | 384.3 | 330.0 | 278.8 | 370.5 | ||
| Planetary Science Research and Analysis | 146.6a 201b | 155b | 142b | UNK | ||
| Outer Planets Mission Studies | 5.0 | |||||
| Cassini | Not detailed | |||||
| Rosetta | Not detailed | |||||
| Hyabusa | Not detailed | |||||
| PDS & Astromaterials curation | Not detailed | |||||
| Lunar Science Research | Not detailed | |||||
| Mars Exploration | 626.4 | 662.2 | 721.1 | 625.7 | ||
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aSource: Omnibus Explanatory Statement bSource: James Green, Director, NASA Planetary Science Division. Go to http://planetarynews.org/archive08/pen_v02_n02_080105.txt for a very helpful explanation by James Green of how these numbers are derived. |
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| Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL, for science and education programming for teachers and students | $260,000 |
| Adler Planetarium's Space Exploration Center | $940,000 |
| Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL, to provide a comprehensive, diverse, and flexible pool of talent at lower labor rates in the civil service environment to facilitate research and development, studies and analyses of all areas of higher temperature advanced materials research and development | $564,000 |
| Alliance for NanoHealth, Houston, TX, to facilitate the translation of nanotechnology from the laboratory to clinical practice | $846,000 |
| Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences in Fayetteville, AR, for research and technology | $267,900 |
| Baylor Physical Sciences Laboratory enhancement at Baylor University | $658,000 |
| Bio-Info-Nano Research and Development Institute at University of California, Santa Cruz | $282,000 |
| Burlington County College Science Learning Center | $1,504,000 |
| Center for Sustainable Life Support for Human Space Exploration | $376,000 |
| Chesapeake Information Based Aeronautics Consortium, Maryland, for a partnership of Morgan State University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Bowie State University, MD, for continued aviation safety research and development | $3,572,000 |
| Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, for equipment | $267,900 |
| Connecticut State University, City of New Britain, CT, for an initiative to bring greater awareness of mechanical engineering and aerospace disciplines to disadvantaged high school students | $133,950 |
| Development of photovoltaic capacity at Plum Brook Station | $1,175,000 |
| Distance learning program at Fairmont State University | $846,000 |
| Educational Advancement Alliance Math, Science, and Technology Program | $1,880,000 |
| Expansion of the Cimmarusti/NASA Science Center Teacher Training and Science Education Outreach Program | $235,000 |
| Flight Research Training Center, Roswell, NM, for program to detect, mitigate and recover from loss of control accidents in aircraft | $1,786,000 |
| Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, for the West Michigan Science and Technology Institute's Biosciences Research and Commercialization Project | $133,950 |
| Gulf Coast Exploreum, Mobile, AL, to stimulate increased enrollment in engineering, mathematics, and science in Alabama's universities by instructing and inspiring K-12 students in the fundamentals and application of these fields | $235,000 |
| Human-Robot Teams at Texas A&M University | $705,000 |
| Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, use earth observations to investigate the effect of land management decisions | $141,000 |
| Imiloa Astronomy Center, Hilo, HI, for operations | $1,339,500 |
| Independent Verification and Validation research program | $540,500 |
| Institute for NanoBio Technology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, for breakthrough research in nano-bio technologies | $1,786,000 |
| Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL, for a tool for educators to allow their students to reach their full potential through participation in exciting hands on projects. The projects are dynamic in scope and are structured to be less time restrictive on the classroom schedule and the educator though self-directed curriculum | $235,000 |
| K-12 Science Education Enhancements at Middle Tennessee State University | $94,000 |
| Large Millimeter Telescope at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst | $705,000 |
| Lorna Linda University Space Radiation Health Research Program | $2,444,000 |
| Manned Space Flight Education Foundation, Houston, TX, to bring extensive learning opportunities to teachers, students and youth organizations throughout our Nation utilizing educational technology with Web casting, two-way videoconferencing and the Internet. The program seeks to inspire the next generation of explorers that would otherwise never have the opportunity to experience space exploration | $282,000 |
| Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, to develop a cost effective nuclear power system to support the long-range objectives of NASA for missions to the moon, to Mars and to deep space | $1,645,000 |
| Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, to help NASA/MSFC accomplish its current and future missions by providing critical information on composite materials as they relate to the NASA space exploration programs | $1,410,000 |
| Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, to produce a common intelligent sensor module through the near-term development of the sensor technologies and integration algorithms necessary for on-orbit assembly and other AR&D missions | $1,175,000 |
| Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, to provide a secure, retrievable storage solution for Marshall's Data Center that will meet all Presidential Directives | $940,000 |
| Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, to provide critical, breakthrough technology to NASA for materials development, testing, and safety improvements to the Space Shuttle and Ares launch systems | $1,175,000 |
| Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, to support the ongoing technology maturation program for liquid oxygen/liquid methane propulsion technology | $470,000 |
| Marshall University, Huntington, WV, to support NASA-related composites training at the Composites Technology and Training Institute in Bridgeport, WV | $2,232,500 |
| Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Baltimore, MD, for continued construction of a broadband link between the Wallops Island Flight Facility and the Patuxent River Naval Air Station | $3,572,000 |
| McWane Science Center, Birmingham, AL, for a program will focus on increasing interest and aptitude in the science fields in K-12 students through hands-on activities that will serve as an extension of the classrooms. Teacher training will also play a major role | $235,000 |
| Micronauts Education Simulator at Wheeling Jesuit University | $282,000 |
| Mid-Atlantic Cooperative, Danville, VA, for installation of broadband on the Eastern Shore of Virginia | $1,786,000 |
| Mid-Atlantic Institute for Space Technology, Pocomoke City, MD, for UAV testing and certification | $223,250 |
| Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, VA, for infrastructure improvements to launch facilities | $223,250 |
| Morehouse College Project Mars Program | $188,000 |
| Nano/Micro Devices Laboratory at the University of Alabama-Huntsville | $611,000 |
| NASA Exchange City Learning Lab | $188,000 |
| NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, for computer operations and improvements | $564,000 |
| National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law, University, MS, to provide legal research and outreach on critical space and aviation law issues | $2,820,000 |
| National Youth Science Foundation | $258,500 |
| New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, for the Southern New Mexico Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Aerospace Academy for a space education program to meet the math and science learning needs of under-represented K-12 students | $178,600 |
| Pittsburgh Engineering Initiatives, Pittsburgh, PA, to further development of regenerative treatments for astronauts | $267,900 |
| Research on Aviation Training at Middle Tennessee State University | $470,000 |
| Robotic Exploration Technologies in Astrobiology, Global Undersea Research Unit, University of Alaska, Fairbanks | $282,000 |
| Robotics and Exploration Testbed at Marshall Space Center | $4,089,000 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, for a Integrated Sensing Systems Testbed (ISST) to develop, demonstrate, and validate advanced techniques for situational awareness | $178,600 |
| Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy at York College | $188,000 |
| Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Center at Tennessee Tech University | $752,000 |
| Southeast Missouri St at e University, Cape Girardeau, MO, Enhancement of K-12 teaching and learning of sciences, math, and technology among schools, teachers, and students | $846,000 |
| Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, AL, for the development of laboratory-based test methods and test standards for coupon and component level characterization; development of subcomponent testing capabilities for material, component and system characterization; development and qualification of modeling and simulation techniques for these applications; and development of an integrated modeling and testing approach for evaluation and optimization of new material concepts | $940,000 |
| Space Engineering Institute at Texas A&M University | $352,500 |
| St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, for immunology research that will complement NASA research on the immune system in micro gravity | $846,000 |
| Stennis Space Center, MS, to continue a longstanding technology/industry partnership in assisting in transitioning space technologies into the commercial sector | $3,760,000 |
| Stennis Space Center, MS, to support infrastructure improvements for Crew Exploration Vehicle testing | $2,820,000 |
| Teach for America, New York, NY to engage teachers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics | $2,350,000 |
| Thurgood Marshall College Fund Minority NASA Science Initiative | $940,000 |
| Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, for ongoing applied polymer technology research and development that links NASA with Louisiana's polymer industry and the State's academic polymer research programs | $446,500 |
| U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL, for completion of a long overdue update for the museum and exhibits will provide a more stimulating and effective presentation of the history of our nation's space exploration efforts and will serve to stimulate increased interest in science and technology | $470,000 |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, to provide research that will provide both fundamental insight into the combustion behavior of this fuel with liquid oxygen which will assist in realizing its full performance potential and will train the next generation of propulsion scientists and engineers who will work for or support NASA in implementing the chosen engine designs | $1,410,000 |
| University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, to conduct the fundamental and applied research needed to develop effective near-space technologies for station-keeping | $470,000 |
| University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, to continue the establishment of the Center at NASA Ames Research Center in collaboration with UC Santa Cruz | $446,500 |
| University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, for technology that assists trauma victims without immediate access to emergency medical care, including astronauts | $1,222,000 |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD, for environmental remote sensing | $1,786,000 |
| University of Maryland, College Park, MD, for the Maryland Institute for Dextrous Robotics for the creation of a new generation robotic technology for space exploration | $2,679,000 |
| University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, to help establish a degree program in space and telecommunications law | $1,786,000 |
| University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, lA, to improve the use of geospatial data by State and local governments | $613,000 |
| University of Redlands Education Technology Progr am | $470,000 |
| University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, for the UVM Center for Advanced Computing | $1,700,000 |
| Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, to help make data received from NASA satellite images accessible to the public for management decisions | $2,679,000 |
| Utah State University Research Foundation, Logan, UT, to develop a modern infrared calibration capability for current and future remote sensing instruments | $376,000 |
| Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV, to expand the reach of the HealthWV program, an electronic medical records system | $2,679,000 |
| Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, to improve facilities and equipment at the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance (NCAMP), which provides shared-database methodology addressing material, structural, manufacturing, and repair qualification processes for use of affordable polymeric composite materials in commercial and military applications | $329,000 |
| Women in Science and Engineering Scholars Program at Spelman College | $188,000 |