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NASA's Appropriation and Percentage of U.S. Spending

A dual y-axis line chart showing inflation-adjusted appropriations on the left axis and NASA's percentage of U.S. spending on the right over time.

NASA's inflation-adjusted appropriation (enacted) levels represent a diminishingly small portion of the annual expenditures by the U.S. government, dropping by a factor of four in the last 30 years. Inflation-adjustment via NASA's New Start Index (NNSI).

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