Exploration — CFDA 43.003

Exploration obligations at $432.9M

USAspending.gov records $432,872,984.33 in obligations under CFDA 43.003. Those 135 awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $3.21 million per award. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical award and not a unit cost for missions launched, crew hours flown, or spacecraft delivered. Other NASA assistance listings under different CFDA numbers are not mixed into the $432,872,984.33.

The assistance-listing title is EXPLORATION. CFDA 43.003 is the identifier. Read the $432.9M headline — $432,872,984.33 in the award file — as the obligation book tagged 43.003 only. USAspending.gov assistance awards are the source. This page does not convert obligations into outlays or into a count of missions launched, crew hours flown, or spacecraft delivered.

135 awards on 92 exploration partners

92 recipients share 135 awards. That is about 1.5 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $432,872,984.33 evenly would assign about $4.71 million per recipient. That density is a packet quotient, not a typical grant size and not a cost per unit of missions launched, crew hours flown, or spacecraft delivered. The packet does not list the 92 named organizations. Read $432,872,984.33 only against CFDA 43.003.

Thirty-three jurisdictions describe where Exploration assistance recipients are coded. Dollars follow funded partners, not equal shares of NASA centers. Place-of-performance amounts, if shown, live on the program table. Recipient count is organizational, not a census of missions launched, crew hours flown, or spacecraft delivered. A simple average is about $3.21 million per award. Combining 43.003 with other NASA assistance listings under different CFDA numbers would invent a combined total this packet does not contain.

Award rows are not a mission census

Among assistance listings, 43.003 is a mid-row research-and-partner file: 135 awards against 92 named recipients in 33 jurisdictions. Award count is a weak proxy for “number of projects” and a worse proxy for missions launched, crew hours flown, or spacecraft delivered. The recipient field (92 recipients) tells you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (135) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report missions launched, crew hours flown, or spacecraft delivered. Citing 135 as that unit would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, jurisdictions. The $432,872,984.33 stock is the obligation figure from USAspending.gov. Ninety-two recipients on 135 awards is a university-and-partner assistance pattern.

Obligations versus Exploration outlays

The $432,872,984.33 is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against Exploration awards — are not in the packet. A file can show a large obligation stock while draws, reimbursements, or closeouts follow a different schedule. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total. Treasury outlays are a separate series.

Use CFDA 43.003 to size this listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as a dashboard of missions launched, crew hours flown, or spacecraft delivered. Those series live elsewhere. This page reports the obligation book tagged 43.003. The $432.9M figure is the compact form of $432,872,984.33.

What the 43.003 tables omit

Geographic coding covers 33 jurisdictions. Thirty-three jurisdictions describe where Exploration assistance recipients are coded. Dollars follow funded partners, not equal shares of NASA centers. It is not a launch manifest, not a procurement-contract book, and not a count of every exploration mission. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $432,872,984.33.

Place-of-performance on 33 jurisdictions is a coding field. Read the program page before treating those cells as equal shares of Exploration funding. Recipient dollars, if shown on the hub, are still obligation amounts, not cash already paid.

Where the 43.003 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 43.003 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other listings. For 43.003 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 43.003’s 135 awards spread $432,872,984.33 across 92 recipients and 33 jurisdictions. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 1.5 award records per recipient is the density story. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

Questions

How much is obligated for NASA Exploration assistance?

USAspending.gov records $432,872,984.33 in obligations for CFDA 43.003. SpendingVault indexes 135 awards, 92 recipients, and 33 jurisdictions. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a count of missions launched, crew hours flown, or spacecraft delivered. CFDA 43.003’s $432.9M is the compact form of that USAspending stock.

How many awards does CFDA 43.003 carry?

The listing shows 135 awards against 92 recipients, or about 1.5 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $3.21 million per award. Award count is not a count of missions launched, crew hours flown, or spacecraft delivered. Recipient dollars are on the program page.

How many organizations receive 43.003 awards?

The extract lists 92 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 43.003, not a census of missions launched, crew hours flown, or spacecraft delivered. Geographic coding covers 33 jurisdictions. The packet does not name them. The packet reports obligations from USAspending.gov, not outlays.

Is $432.9M already spent on exploration work?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 43.003’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or missions launched, crew hours flown, or spacecraft delivered. The $432.9M ($432,872,984.33) on 135 awards is the obligation figure.