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Actual and planned spending, FY11–FY20

Actual and planned spending, FY11–FY20
Actual and planned spending, FY11–FY20 The actual and planned spending for planetary missions in development this decade, showing the characteristic bulge in spending in the years leading up to launch (2016 for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample missions, was to have been 2016 for the InSight Mars geophysical station, and 2020 for the Mars 2020 rover). As the development funding bulge for one mission ramps down, the bulge for the next mission can ramp up without creating the need for wide swings in the overall Planetary Science Division’s budget. Figures are from actual budgets through FY16 and are the projected funding from the FY16 budget proposal.