2012 budget – Behind The Black

The Congressional Budget Office yesterday projected this year’s deficit will be $1.1 trillion dollars, making it the fourth year in a row that the deficit has broken the trillion dollar ceiling

August 22, 2012 10:14 am Robert Zimmerman

The day of reckoning looms: The Congressional Budget Office yesterday projected this year’s deficit to be $1.1 trillion dollars, making it the fourth year in a row that the deficit has broken the trillion dollar ceiling.

In the entire history of the U.S. the deficit never exceeded one trillion dollars, until Barack Obama became president. In fact, it never came close until Obama arrived.

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Clark Lindsey has posted a quick summary of the proposed NASA budget to be released by the Obama Administration on Monday.

February 10, 2012 3:13 pm Robert Zimmerman

Clark Lindsey has posted a quick summary of the proposed NASA budget to be released by the Obama Administration on Monday.

I will have more to say about this next week, when the full budget is released.

According to scientists, Obama’s proposed budget — to be announced on Monday — will cut the planetary program severely.

February 9, 2012 12:36 am Robert Zimmerman

According to scientists, Obama’s proposed budget — to be announced on Monday — will severely cut NASA’s planetary program.

We will find out if this is true on Monday. However, I suspect it is, as all the rumors have pointed that way for months.

Meanwhile, Congress is forcing NASA to spend $3 billion on the Space Launch System (SLS), a rocket that will never get finished. As I have written previously, this is a very bad use of the taxpayer’s money. Better to get rid of SLS, put half the savings into the science program (which would almost certainly increase its overall budget) and pocket the rest as budget savings.

Senate appropriations committee has capped Webb Telescope budget

September 19, 2011 9:20 pm Robert Zimmerman

The Senate appropriations this week recommended capping the budget for the James Webb Space Telescope at $8 billion, less than the $8.7 billion that NASA now thinks is required to finish the telescope.

The committee also recommended a budget of $17.9 billion for NASA, about $1 billion less than the House recommendation and about a half billion less than NASA’s 2011 budget. If the Senate numbers are adopted, it would bring NASA’s budget back to the budget it received in 2008.

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