GOAL STATEMENT

The Mission Support appropriation provides funding for agencywide activities which are critical to NASA's mission success. This includes funding to: support NASA's civil service workforce; to provide critical space tracking and communications capabilities required by all missions; to conduct safety and quality assurance activities; and for activities to preserve NASA's core infrastructure.

STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING GOALS

Funding included in the Mission Support appropriation supports agency-wide activities which touch all of NASA's programs:

Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance: This includes funding for programs to assure the safety and quality of NASA missions, through the development, implementation and oversight of Agencywide safety, reliability, maintainability and quality assurance policies and procedures.

Space Communication Services: This includes funding for the operation of the tracking, telemetry, command, data acquisition, and communications and data processing activities that are required by all NASA projects. This includes the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), and the telecommunications system which provides for real time transmission of data, video and voice information between and among NASA installations.

Research and Program Management: This includes funding for the salaries, benefits, travel requirements and other support of the civil service workforce, and the necessary funding for all of NASA's administrative functions in support of research in NASA's field centers.

Construction of Facilities: This includes funding for the repair, rehabilitation, modification and construction of the institutional facilities, the environmental compliance and restoration program, and the advanced planning of facilities and design of future facilities.

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

MISSION SUPPORT
FISCAL YEAR 1998 ESTIMATES

BUDGET PLAN (IN MILLIONS OF REAL YEAR DOLLARS)	FY 1996	FY 1997	FY 1998
MISSION SUPPORT	2,487.3	2,564.3	2,513.2
SAFETY, RELIABILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE	39.0	38.8	37.8
SPACE COMMUNICATION SERVICES	255.4	277.7	245.7
RESEARCH AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT	2047.9	2092.5	2070.3
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES	145.0	155.3	159.4

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying out mission support for human space flight programs and science, aeronautical, and technology programs, including research operations and support; space communications activities including operations, production and services; maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facilities, minor construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, environmental compliance and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel expenses; purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft; not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and purchase (not to exceed 33 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; [$2,562,200,000] $2,513,200,000, to remain available until September 30, [1998] 1999. For necessary expenses of certain space projects under development, to become available on October 1 of the fiscal year specified and remain available for that and the following fiscal year, as follows; for fiscal year 1998, $157,500,000; for fiscal year 1999, $120,400,000; for fiscal year 2000, $58,000,000; for fiscal year 2001, $70,000,000; for fiscal year 2002, $98,200,000; and for fiscal year 2003, $52,600,000. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997.)

BUDGET PLAN (IN MILLIONS OF REAL YEAR DOLLARS)	FY 1996	FY 1997	FY 1998
MISSION SUPPORT	110.8	131.7	133.7
SAFETY, RELIABILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE	0.7	0.5	0.5
SPACE COMMUNICATION SERVICES	61.5	63.6	67.4
RESEARCH AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT	46.6	66.1	64.3
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES	2.0	1.5	1.5

Program		Total	Johnson Space Center	Kennedy Space Center	Marshall Space Center	Stennis Space Center	Ames Research Center	Dryden Flight Research Center	Langley Research Center	Lewis Research Center	Goddard Space Flight Center	Jet Propulsion Lab	Headquarters
Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance	1996 1997 1998	39,025 38,800 37,800	4,509 4,330 5,200	1,959 1,150 900	3,710 3,170 2,300	495 350 200	5,129 6,970 6,900	197 430 400	3,955 2,150 5,200	4,027 4,120 2,500	4,655 4,940 4,800	8,842 7,740 5,600	1,547 3,450 3,800
Space Communication Services	1996 1997 1998	255,400 277,700 245,700	0 3,800 0	0 0 0	54,800 55,400 79,000	0 0 0	150 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	3,200 17,900 50,500	189,393 191,600 109,000	4,955 6,000 4,300	2,902 3.,000 2,900
Research and Program Management	1996 1997 1998	2,047,974 2,092,500 2,070,300	352,300 343,600 338,100	236,300 230,100 221,600	276,600 290,400 292,700	31,400 43,000 43,100	156,500 163,200 166,100	39,500 48,400 55,100	200,000 206,700 212,800	195,700 196,600 190,200	317,774 336,700 332,500	0 0 0	241,900 233,800 218,100
Construction of Facilities	1996 1997 1998	126,470 131,400 131,700	13,955 14,000 7,000	13,100 8,200 18,100	18,030 20,500 24,700	7,400 4,600 7,500	11,830 9,300 8,300	4,170 12,700 6,400	8,545 7.200 6,100	19,265 16,600 17,800	13,875 20,300 18,100	16,300 18,000 17,700	0 0 0
Undistributed:
Various locations	1996 1997 1998	18,470 2.,900 27,700	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0
Total Construction of Facilities	1996 1997 1998	144,940 155,300 159,400	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0
TOTAL MISSION SUPPORT	1996 1997 1998	2,487,339 2,564,300 2,513,200	370,764 365,730 350,300	251,359 239,450 240,600	353,140 369,470 398,700	39,295 47,950 50,800	173,609 179,470 50,800	43,867 61,530 61,900	212,500 216,050 224,100	222,192 235,220 261,000	525,697 553,540 464,400	30,097 31,740 27,600	246,349 240,250 224,800