NASA No bucks, no Buck Rogers

For a prospective on NASA you need to review the Budget.
Fiscal Year 2016 is in full force and new contracts for FY 2017 are being awarded every day.

Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
https://www.nasa.gov/content/reach-for-new-heights-nasa-budget-unveiled-for-fiscal-year-2016

This is the current NASA focus “MARS”

Now this is special from Congress FY2016

NASA Receives Significant Budget Boost for Fiscal Year 2016

“As part of the omnibus bill, NASA’s approved budget amounts to nearly $19.3 Billion – an outstandingly magnificent result and a remarkable turnaround to some long awaited good news from the decidedly negative outlook earlier this year.
This budget represents an increase of some $750 million above the Obama Administration’s proposed NASA budget allocation of $18.5 Billion for Fiscal Year 2016, and an increase of more than $1.2 Billion over the enacted budget for FY 2015.”

President Obama proposes $19 billion for NASA in fiscal 2017 budget

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/09/president-obama-proposes-19-billion-nasa-fiscal-2017/80053964/