Aeronautics and Space Report of the President : Fiscal Year 2003 Activities: by National Aeronautics and Space Administration

By National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Title:	Aeronautics and Space Report of the President : Fiscal Year 2003 Activities: by National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Author:	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Excerpt: Space Flight Enterprise. Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 was a year of great accomplishments for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?s (NASA) Space Flight Enterprise. But no accomplishments, however extraordinary, could ever balance the terrible loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its crew of Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon on February 1, 2003. The Columbia accident precipitated a wrenching investigation into the immediate, physical causes of the disaster, as well as the broader programmatic and cultural underpinnings of not only the Space Shuttle program but also the entire Agency. In 2003, the Nation honored our fallen comrades and friends by launching an intensive accident investigation with interagency assistance. Throughout the year, as the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) carried out its service to our country with extraordinary skill and dedication, NASA began the long, arduous process of recovery and reform. With the release of the Board?s final report on August 26, 2003, NASA solemnly pledged a return to the exploration goals to which the crew of...

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS c National Aeronautics and Space Administration . . . . . . . . 1 Department of Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Federal Aviation Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Department of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Department of the Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Federal Communications Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Department of Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 National Science Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Department of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Department of Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Smithsonian Institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 A-1 U.S. Government Spacecraft Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 A-2 World Record of Space Launches Successful in Attaining Earth Orbit or Beyond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 B Successful Launches to Orbit on U.S. Launch Vehicles October 1, 2002?September 30, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 C U.S. and Russian Human Space Flights 1961?September 30, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 D U.S. Space Launch Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 E-1A Space Activities of the U.S. Government?Historical Budget Summary . . . . . . 139 E-1B Space Activities of the U.S. Government?Budget Authority in Millions of Equivalent FY 2003 Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 E-2 Federal Space Activities Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 E-3 Federal Aeronautics Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143