You wouldn't need a NASA budget to launch a bottle rocket.

Those two programs eat up much of the NASA budget for little real gain.

We've seen that in the NASA budget, which has risen and fallen with the political winds.

By comparison the NASA budget is $14 billion this year.

The NASA budget is part of an $81 billion spending bill that also covers veterans and housing programs.

"The NASA budget has been going up 15 percent or better every year, and we won't need sizable infusions of money until the mid-1990's."

On the whole, the Bush administration proposed a modest 2.4 percent increase in the NASA budget, to $16.5 billion.

The programs could still be saved if Congress voted to increase the NASA budget.

The act makes specific requirements regarding the NASA budget.

NASA budgets remained at $14.3 billion this year, the same as in 1992.