Five options were sent to President Nixon on the future of the space program. • Plan A – maximum full force – space shuttle and station operational by 1977 – $10 billion plus• Plan B – vigorous: Mars by 1983 – between $8 billion – $10 billion • Plan C – intermediate: space shuttle and space station to be…
Five options were sent to President Nixon on the future of the space program.
- Plan A – maximum full force – space shuttle and station operational by 1977 – $10 billion plus
- Plan B – vigorous: Mars by 1983 – between $8 billion – $10 billion
- Plan C – intermediate: space shuttle and space station to be built concurrently and Mars by 1986 – between $5 billion – $6 billion
- Plan D – austere: space shuttle and space station but Mars by the end of the century – around $4 billion
- Plan E – low level funding: exclude new programs and cancel piloted space flight – around $2.5 billion
After much deliberation, Congress approved $3.269 billion for NASA with $110 million for the Shuttle/Station for Fiscal Year 1972.