The passage of the budget frees NASA to start working on the new initiatives, without making major cutbacks to overall NASA funding.
Mary Starrett has implied that the space shuttle explosion may have been staged to increase NASA funding.
One prominent example of a type of government spin-off is technology that has been commercialized through NASA funding, research, licensing, facilities, or assistance.
Congress should cut NASA funding and let free enterprise flourish in space.
Since 2005 the Foundation has relied heavily on NASA funding including a recent $110,000 award for business competition.
With the steep decline in NASA funding following the early Apollo landings, however, most of these jobs were lost.
NASA funding supported the development of inflatable antenna technology that is readily deployed to provide high-bandwidth communications in emergency situations and remote locations.
They actively lobby Congress and engage their membership in the United States to write and call their representatives in support of NASA funding.
The "Earth Update" software was developed by Rice University with NASA funding.
The PlanetSpace proposal was not accepted for NASA funding.