NASA"s budget

[danhezee]

I have read alot on this forum about how NASA's budget is less than 1% of the total federal budget. the actual monetary value that you guys give is between 16 and 19 billion.<br /><br />How does NASA's budget compare to all the other space agencies around the world, both percentage wise and monetarily? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[mithridates]

Here's the list that Wikipedia has:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_agencies#Largest_space_agencies<br /><br />There's quite a large difference between countries of the amount of bang you can get for your buck however, so the monetary value alone doesn't tell you much. Experience also plays a large part in the quality of an agency. Also note that a lot of European countries contribute both to their own country's space program as well as the ESA. I'm not sure what the values are as a percentage of their budgets though, so somebody else will have to answer that. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>----- </p><p>http://mithridates.blogspot.com</p> </div>