NASA Funding: Budget, Authority, and Appropriations Analysis PPPA 6005

This document presents an analysis of NASA's funding, focusing on budget authority and appropriations, likely as part of a Public Budgeting, Revenue, and Expenditure Analysis course (PPPA 6005). It includes a memorandum discussing the projected budget authority increase of 2% annually due to baseline inflation, reaching an estimated $20,736 by the end of 2018. The analysis also considers the allocation of funds for exploration research and technology, emphasizing the importance of high-speed flight research and related disciplines. A summary table provides spending projections, and a counter proposal suggests a declining spending rate over the years, while maintaining the same annual baseline inflation. The document also includes an evaluation of proposals with budget authority projected to increase by 2% annually, reaching $10,950 by the end of 2029 and it also talks about credit reform accounting.

Memorandum
To: The Head of budget-research
From:
Date: 17/03/2019
Subject: NASA funding authorization and appropriations analysis
After consideration of all the possible aspects, it has been evaluated that the estimated
budget authority would increase by 2% each year owing to the annual baseline inflation. By the
end of 2018, the overall estimated budget authority would stand at $20,736. Subject to the avail
ability of appropriations, the Administrator shall make available at least $15,000,000 in fiscal
year 2019 out of the Exploration Research and Technology account to carry out this section. A
fundamental objective of NASA aeronautics research is the steady progression and expansion of
high-speed flight research and capabilities, including the science and technology of critical
underlying disciplines and competencies, the most important of which are computational-based
analytical and predictive tools and methodologies, aero thermodynamics, high-speed flight
propulsion, high-temperature structures and materials, and flight controls.
In this context, it is noteworthy to mention that capital investment helps the government
agencies in analyzing the potential profit margin of a long-term investment. The following
summary table is prepared for presenting the projections of spending:

Summary Table
2017
appropriation
s
19,587 2018
appropriations
20,666
19,587 20,666
The above table is prepared by considering a number of assumptions, in which the outlay
per year is estimated to change over the years. The main change has been made in the prior year
funds, while the total amount has remained the same. In case of the counter proposal, the
estimated spending rate is observed to decline over the years. There would be no change in
annual baseline inflation, since it would remain the same as 2%.