Year
.
1969
22000
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19234
1970
20 100
20 100
18 500
1971
18 500
18 500
18 900
1972
18 000
--- a
18 000
1973
20 000
--- b
20 000
1974
20 000
--- c
18 113
1975
20 000
20 000
19 976
1976
26 200 d
--- e
20 000
1977
20 700
20 700
20 700
1978
20 700
20 700
19 899
a $24 000 000 was authorized for suborbital programs, which included sounding rockets, airborne research, and balloon support.
b $25 000 000 was authorized for suborbital programs, which included sounding rockets, airborne research, and balloon support.
c The total physics and astronomy authorization was reduced by $1 000 000.
d Includes $6 200 000 for the transition quarter.
e $31 800 000 was authorized for suborbital programs, which included sounding rockets, airborne research, and balloon support; authorization figures do not include the transition quarter. Congress authorized $7 000 000 beyond NASA's request for physics and astronomy programs to study the possible depletion of the protective ozone layer in the upper atmosphere (Upper Atmospheric Research, Technology, and Monitoring Program); this program was assumed under physics and astronomy supporting activities in FY 1977.