Apollo Program Budget Appropriations

Apollo Program Budget Appropriations ($000)[1]

 

 

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Technical Development Studies

$100

$1,000

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$1,100

Orbital Flight Tests

$0

$0

$63,900

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$63,900

Biomedical Flight Tests

$0

$0

$16,550

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$16,550

High-Speed Reentry Tests

$0

$0

$27,550

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$27,550

Spacecraft Development

$0

$0

$52,000

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$52,000

Instrumentation & Scientific Equipment

$0

$0

$0

$11,500

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$11,500

Operational Support

$0

$0

$0

$2,500

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$2,500

Little Joe II Development

$0

$0

$0

$8,800

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$8,800

Supporting Development

$0

$0

$0

$3,000

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$3,000

Command and Service Modules

$0

$0

$0

$345,000

$545,874

$577,834

$615,000

$560,400

$455,300

$346,000

$282,821

$0

$0

$0

$3,728,229

Lunar Module

$0

$0

$0

$123,100

$135,000

$242,600

$310,800

$472,500

$399,600

$326,000

$231,433

$0

$0

$0

$2,241,033

Guidance & Navigation

$0

$0

$0

$32,400

$91,499

$81,038

$115,000

$76,654

$113,000

$43,900

$33,866

$0

$0

$0

$587,357

Integration, Reliability, & Checkout

$0

$0

$0

$0

$60,699

$24,763

$34,400

$29,975

$66,600

$65,100

$0

$0

$0

$0

$281,537

Spacecraft Support

$0

$0

$0

$0

$43,503

$83,663

$95,400

$110,771

$60,500

$121,800

$170,764

$0

$0

$0

$686,401

Saturn C-1

$0

$0

$0

$90,864

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$90,864

Saturn I

$0

$0

$0

$0

$187,077

$40,265

$800

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$228,142

Saturn IB

$0

$0

$0

$0

$146,817

$262,690

$274,185

$236,600

$146,600

$41,347

$0

$0

$0

$0

$1,108,239

Saturn V

$0

$0

$0

$0

$763,382

$964,924

$1,177,320

$1,135,600

$998,900

$534,453

$484,439

$189,059

$142,458

$26,300

$6,416,835

Engine Development

$0

$0

$0

$0

$166,000

$166,300

$134,095

$49,800

$18,700

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$534,895

Apollo Mission Support

$0

$0

$0

$0

$133,101

$170,542

$210,385

$243,900

$296,800

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$1,054,728

Manned Space Flight Operations

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$546,400

$422,728

$314,963

$307,450

$0

$1,591,541

Advanced Development

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$11,500

$12,500

$0

$24,000

Flight Modules

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$245,542

$55,033

$0

$300,575

Science Payloads

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$60,094

$106,194

$52,100

$0

$218,388

Ground Support

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$46,411

$31,659

$0

$78,070

Spacecraft

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$50,400

$50,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apollo Program

$100

$1,000

$160,000

$617,164

$2,272,952

$2,614,619

$2,967,385

$2,916,200

$2,556,000

$2,025,000

$1,686,145

$913,669

$601,200

$76,700

$19,408,134

NASA Total

$523,575

$964,000

$1,671,750

$3,674,115

$3,974,979

$4,270,695

$4,511,644

$4,175,100

$3,970,000

$3,193,559

$3,113,765

$2,555,000

$2,517,700

$2,509,900

$56,661,332

Apollo Share of Total Budget

<1%

<1%

10%

17%

57%

61%

66%

70%

64%

63%

54%

36%

24%

3%

34%


[1]The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, volumes I through IV.

 

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