FY 17 Request for SLS and Orion on page 5: Orion Program $1,119.8M (FY16 $1,270.0M -enacted)Space Launch System (SLS) $1,310.3M (FY16 $2,000.0M)Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) $429.4M (FY16 $410.0M)Commercial crew is now under "Space Operations - Space Transportation" (see page 6):Commercial Crew $1184.8MCrew and Cargo $1,572.8Mhttp://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/fy_2017_budget_estimates.pdf
Wow. SLS and Orion really hit hard. And they were already at zero percent confidence on the EM-2 schedule.
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 02/09/2016 06:29 pmWow. SLS and Orion really hit hard. And they were already at zero percent confidence on the EM-2 schedule.Every year the President tries to cut funding for SLS and Orion but it never works.
Quote from: yg1968 on 02/09/2016 06:35 pmQuote from: Chris Bergin on 02/09/2016 06:29 pmWow. SLS and Orion really hit hard. And they were already at zero percent confidence on the EM-2 schedule.Every year the President tries to cut funding for SLS and Orion but it never works.Congress will look at the President's budget and say "That's nice." Then they'll throw it in the trash and come up with their own numbers.
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 02/09/2016 06:29 pmWow. SLS and Orion really hit hard. And they were already at zero percent confidence on the EM-2 schedule.Given that the original schedule is out the window, and that there is now more time to do a fixed amount of work logically results in the funding required for a given time-frame (in this case a certain fiscal year) will decrease. This is reflected in this budget proposal. The proposal basically confirms the rumored delays and in this case follows the delays, not cause them.
Listen to NASA Chief Financial Officer David Radzanowski discuss the budget request at 5 p.m. EST.http://www.nasa.gov/news/media/newsaudio/index.html
Although the fiscal year 2016 spending bill directed NASA to work on a new, more powerful upper stage for SLS called the Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) so that it could be ready for EM-2, Radzanowski said the budget proposal assumes the less powerful upper stage flying on EM-1 would also be used on EM-2."We are moving forward on Exploration Upper Stage," he said. "We can’t support it for EM-2 at this budget request."