Year
.
1969
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1000
1970
---
---
1600
1971
3000
3000
4965
1972
2500
--- a
2690
1973
4000
--- b
4100
1974
4000
--- c
4000
1975
4000
4000
3858
1976
4800 d
--- e
3800
1977
3800
3800
3800
1978
3800
3800
3800
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 $1 000 000 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.