US Space Budget Still Exceeds Rest of World's Combined
Hello reader! It follows a note published on today ( 10/29 ), in the site " www.space-travel.com ", highlighting that US Space Budget still exceeds Rest of World's C ombined . Duda Falcão SPACE TRAVEL US Space Budget Still Exceeds Rest of World's C ombined by Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Oct 29, 2014 File image The United States spends on space programs - both civilian and defense-related - more than every other country combined, even though the NASA budget, which is a part of the program, has not grown in the recent years. Last year the US spent about $40 billion on its space program, as China's space budget, which is the second largest in the world, was about $11 billion in 2013; the next, Russia's, was roughly $8.6 billion; and India's, the fourth largest, was about $4.3 billion, says a new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The report is a statistical overview of