APPENDIX 5 - PROJECT MERCURY BUDGET SUMMARY

SCHEDULE I

[Total Program, Obligations, and Expenditure by Fiscal Year as of January 31, 1963]

Fiscal Year 1959
Function Program Obligation Expenditure
Tracking and data aquisition, integrated system, study and test 0      0      0     
Tracking and data aquisition, network operations 0      0      0     
Spacecraft 16,768,469.98 16,768,650.95 16,768,650.95
Scout 3,932,000.00 3,932,000.00 3,932,000.00
Atlas 10,465,465.08 10,436,256.05 10,435,404.25
Little Joe 2,546,307.43 2,546,307.43 2,546,307.43
Redstone 8,967,182.00 8,967,182.00 8,967,182.00
Jupiter 1,779,153.97 1,779,153.97 1,779,153.97
Big Joe 437,211.87 437,211.87 437,211.87
Spacecraft support tech. 1,425,736.29 1,425,736.29 1,425,421.89
Flight operations 0      0      0     
Recovery operations 0      0      0     
Network operations 0      0      0     
Network implementation 0      0      0     
General administrative expense 34,462.59 34,462.59 34,462.59
Program overhead 115,374.75 115,374.75 115,374.75
Fiscal Year 1960
Function Program Obligation Expenditure
Tracking and data aquisition, integrated system, study and test 0      0      0     
Tracking and data aquisition, network operations 65,784.75 65,784.75 65,784.75
Spacecraft 64,167,647.42 64,167,647.42 64,167,647.42
Scout 0      0      0     
Atlas 11,496,686.97 11,496,686.97 11,496,680.97
Little Joe 10,865.38 10,865.38 10,865.38
Redstone 2,567,000.00 2,567,000.00 1,983,163.47
Jupiter 0      0      0     
Big Joe 14,427.06 14,427.06 14,427.06
Spacecraft support tech. 2,490,090.81 2,488,421.01 2,485,117.33
Flight operations 0      0      0     
Recovery operations 0      0      0     
Network operations 0      0      0     
Network implementation 0      0      0     
General administrative expense 90,711.68 90,711.68 96,701.34
Program overhead 303,686.91 303,686.91 296,620.72
Fiscal Year 1961
Function Program Obligation Expenditure
Tracking and data aquisition, integrated system, study and test 400,000.00 400,000.00 400,000.00
Tracking and data aquisition, network operations 28,980.59 28,980.59 28,980.59
Spacecraft 55,718,834.77 54,755,159.29 43,359,310.50
Scout 0      0      0     
Atlas 24,586,996.72 24,586,996.72 23,967,037.03
Little Joe 29,974.61 29,974.61 29,974.61
Redstone 2,241,553.22 2,239,553.22 2,092,583.89
Jupiter 0      0      0     
Big Joe 0      0      0     
Spacecraft support tech. 2,223,312.41 2,033,312.41 2,033,273.75
Flight operations 0      0      0     
Recovery operations 2,621,496.73 2,621,496.73 2,429,675.70
Network operations 8,625,721.12 8,625,721.12 8,601,828.69
Network implementation 12,769,198.30 12,769,198.30 12,534,358.04
General administrative expense 355,825.71 355,825.71 428,247.47
Program overhead 1,191,242.61 1,191,242.61 1,095,561.44
Fiscal Year 1962
Function Program Obligation Expenditure
Tracking and data aquisition, integrated system, study and test 0      0      0     
Tracking and data aquisition, network operations 0      0      0     
Spacecraft 1,435,338.89 1,238,708.29 831,673.28
Scout 0      0      0     
Atlas 5,540,000.00 5,540,000.00 5,540,000.00
Little Joe 0      0      0     
Redstone 0      0      0     
Jupiter 0      0      0     
Big Joe 0      0      0     
Spacecraft support tech. 890,659.25 890,659.25 335,216.58
Flight operations 1,316,784.83 1,245,376.32 1,141,132.23
Recovery operations 6,312,134.32 5,851,827.00 5,832,311.71
Network operations 0      0      0     
Network implementation 0      0      0     
General administrative expense* 5,874,793.40 5,814,037.00 5,450,211.30
Program overhead* 2,429,177.62 2,232,327.91 1,872,758.60
Fiscal Year 1963
Function Program Obligation Expenditure
Spacecraft 185,000.00 18,384.05 1.05
Support development 75,000.00 71,323.42 29,174.09
Operations: 3,082,000.00    
   Flight   532,395.27 77,384.85
   Recovery   2,531,421.92 269,456.64

*Computed using a percentage of 86 which was the percent of program overhead applied directly to Project Mercury as of June 30, 1962.

SCHEDULE II

[Total Program, Obligations, and Expenditure by Fiscal Year as of January 31, 1963]

Fiscal Year 1959
Function Program Obligation Expenditure
Salaries and expenses 1,332,170.95 1,332,170.95 1,332,170.95
Fiscal Year 1960
Function Program Obligation Expenditure
Salaries and expenses 5,000,648.87 5,000,648.87 5,000,648.87
Fiscal Year 1961
Function Program Obligation Expenditure
Salaries and expenses 7,747,483.15 7,747,703.30 7,747,703.30
Fiscal Year 1962
Function Program Obligation Expenditure
Salaries and expenses* 1,332,170.95 1,332,170.95 1,332,170.95

 

 

*Based on a percentage of 62 which was the percent of program overhead applied to Project Mercury from this appropriation as of June 30, 1962.

SCHEDULE III

[Total Program, Obligations, and Expenditure by Fiscal Year as of January 31, 1963]

Fiscal Year 1960
Function Program Obligation Expenditure
Equipment and instrumentation 500,000.00 499,700.00 499,700.00

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