Obama planned a $100 billion five-year budget for NASA on Monday that includes a $6 billion increase for the space agency. The budget signal a major shift for NASA, with increased spending for new, "transformative technologies" and the cancellation of the Constellation program - the mission former president George W. Bush launched in 2005 to send humans back to the moon by 2020.
NASA's new plan is a good fit for what Ames has already been doing, Braxton said. NASA uses small satellites to test out new technology in space on a small scale, and Braxton said he expects that work to now expand. He added that Ames' supercomputing abilities might be a great part of NASA's renewed focus on climate modeling.
The proposed budget also includes an yearly increase of $80 million for NASA's aeronautics programs. Ames is one of NASA's four primary aeronautics research centers.
NASA has not allocated funds to individual research centers yet, but Braxton said, "we were highly confident that we are going to get more money." He said the center likely would add new works as well. Ames' budget for the 2010 fiscal year total about $690.8 million when it was announced last May, a 1.3 percent raise from the year before.
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