ESA budget

[spd405]

What's the current ESA budget and the % breakdown per country, I've looked at the ESA website but cant seem to find the information.

 

[alienhunter]

ESA's budget for 2005 is € 2.977 billion, a ten percent increase since last year. The three largest contributors, together funding two thirds of ESA's budget, are France (29.3%), Germany (22.7%) and Italy (14.2%).<br /><br />Found it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency , ESA's own site is a horrible place to look for information.

 

[spaceinator]

does anyone know how that compairs w/NASA's budget? (euros vs. $$)

 

[rhodan]

wikipedia:<ul type="square">The budget of ESA was announced as €2.977 billion for 2005. This constitutes a ten percent increase in the budget in comparison with 2004. <br /><br />...</ul>That's about 3.5 billion USD. The NASA budget was 16.2 billion USD for 2005.