Has America lost its passion for space?

	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1962	1.2
1963	2.3
1964	3.5
1965	4.3
1966	4.4
1967	3.4
1968	2.7
1969	2.3
1970	1.9
1971	1.6
1972	1.5
1973	1.3
1974	1.2
1975	1
1976	1
1976 (budget transition)	1
1977	1
1978	0.9
1979	0.9
1980	0.8
1981	0.8
1982	0.8
1983	0.8
1984	0.8
1985	0.8
1986	0.7
1987	0.8
1988	0.9
1989	1
1990	1
1991	1
1992	1
1993	1
1994	0.9
1995	0.9
1996	0.9
1997	0.9
1998	0.9
1999	0.8
2000	0.8
2001	0.8
2002	0.7
2003	0.7
2004	0.7
2005	0.6
2006	0.6
2007	0.6
2008	0.6
2009	0.5
2010	0.5
2011	0.5
2012	0.5

% of U.S. Budget

Sources: whitehouse.gov