I've got the 2004 USA Federal Budget in memory - I'll see if it will copy here. If it doesn't ... sorry. Well - it looks a bit of a mess, but you can see that NASA's allocation is $15.5 billion for 2004. I don't know where tycho1981 got his 86 miljard $ from.

estorm: If you want that $5.5 billion NASA budget increased - who would you cut?


Discretionary Budget by Agency
AGENCY 2004
Agriculture 19.5
Commerce 5.4
Defense 379.9
Education 53.1
Energy 23.4
Health and Human Services 66.2
Homeland Security 26.7
Housing and Urban Development 31.3
Interior 10.6
State and International Assistance Programs 27.4
Justice 17.7
Labor 11.5
Transportation 13.7
Treasury 11.4
Veterans Affairs 28.1
Corps of Engineers 4
Environmental Protection Agency 7.6
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 15.5
National Science Foundation 5.5
Small Business Administration 0.8
Social Security Administration 7.3
Other Agencies 16.1
Allowances1 -0.5
   
   Total, excluding emergency response funding $782.2
   
Emergency response funding *
   
   Total, including emergency response funding $782.2
* $50 million or less

Cheers,

Chook