SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME III
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 1969-1978

 

Table 1-12. Delta Funding History (in thousands of dollars)

 

Year

Request

Authorization

Programmed

.

1969

30 800 a

--- b

24 300

1970

32 100 c

32 100

32 400

1971

34 000

34 000

37 500

1972

37 200

37 200

41 000

1973

41 900

41 900

76 000

1974

46 000

47 000

60 200

1975

47 700

50 700

51 800

1976

46 900 d

46 900

51 100 e

1977

43 800

43 800

44 900

1978

55 300

55 300

70 400

 

a $9 500 000 of which was requested for Thor boosters.

b Of the $128 300 000 request for launch vehicle procurement (excluding Saturn), $115 700 000 was authorized; the chronological history does not indicate from which line item(s) the $12 600 000 was deducted. However, the House committee recommended a $6 600 000 deduction from the Delta request on March 19, 1968. It was also recommended that Delta's budget be cut further by an unspecified reduction in sustaining engineering and maintenance.

c NASA's initial budget request for Delta was $33 700 000.

d Includes $10 300 000 for the transition quarter.

e Includes $9 300 000 from the transition quarter.


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