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Projected budget needs for the Astro 2020 decadal survey

Projected budget needs for the Astro 2020 decadal survey
Projected budget needs for the Astro 2020 decadal survey Even with steadily-growing budgets, the decadal’s primary recommendation of an $11 billion, 6m-class space telescope will be difficult to fit within NASA's future budget projections. This chart, provided by the decadal survey, shows annual cost estimates for all recommended program overlaid against a simplified assumption of future budget growth. NASEM