National Aeronautics and Space Administration federal obligations in Arizona

NASA awards tagged to Arizona

National Aeronautics and Space Administration as awarding agency, Arizona as place-of-performance: 781 records summing to $1,991,222,505.64. A National Aeronautics and Space Administration award coded outside AZ is out. An award in Arizona from a different awarding agency is out even if the topic sounds related. Arizona (AZ) excludes California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. A Pasadena-coded award is CA even if an Arizona telescope later appears in the same program story. Centers and mission directorates inside NASA are unpublished splits on awarding agency 080.

Seven hundred eighty-one awards against $1,991,222,505.64 is a thinner NASA file than the Massachusetts NASA cell in this slice: fewer rows, a higher implied mean. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 781 as 781 unique named centers, unique contractors, or principal investigators. The overlay National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Arizona is the both-keys table. Arizona federal spending is the all-agency state hub. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency book without an AZ filter. All spending ties lists other joins.

Flagstaff, Tucson, and Phoenix are unpublished. Mars-and-observatory folklore is not a published share of $1,991,222,505.64. Correlation is not causation: Arizona did not “cause” $1,991,222,505.64 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 080 × AZ only.

Not a Flagstaff observatory or PI census

$1,991,222,505.64 does not measure named centers, unique contractors, or principal investigators. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 080 and an AZ place-of-performance tag. Centers and mission directorates inside NASA are unpublished splits on awarding agency 080.

Do not treat 781 awards as a census of named centers, unique contractors, or principal investigators. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If Arizona federal spending or National Aeronautics and Space Administration matched $1,991,222,505.64 and 781, the join would be pointless. Use the overlay when both keys must stay on. California, New Mexico, and Nevada NASA joins are other pairs, not addends.

Arizona statewide, not a Phoenix-versus-Tucson map

Place of performance AZ is a geography tag on the award, not a metro list and not a commuting zone. Arizona (AZ) excludes California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. A Pasadena-coded award is CA even if an Arizona telescope later appears in the same program story. Recipient address can differ from that state tag. Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, and the rest of the counties share one AZ stamp.

Flagstaff, Tucson, and Phoenix are unpublished. Mars-and-observatory folklore is not a published share of $1,991,222,505.64. This packet does not split $1,991,222,505.64 by city, county, or named facility. 781 awards stay statewide. A county table would be a different extract.

Contract obligations versus invoices already paid

Even a thick or thin file records obligations, not necessarily outlays. $1,991,222,505.64 can include amounts that pay on a later schedule. Citing it as cash already sent in Arizona confuses two concepts. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

Arizona’s own budget is a different ledger. Mixing it with the 781-award USAspending file leaves this series. No fiscal year is published in this packet, so this page does not invent one. Keep the obligation label on $1,991,222,505.64.

Citing NASA in Arizona

Cite USAspending.gov: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (agency 080) obligated $1,991,222,505.64 on 781 awards coded to Arizona. Name both sides. Keep “obligations.” Do not relabel the total as named centers, unique contractors, or principal investigators.

Prefer National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Arizona if the overlay has refreshed after an ingest. Arizona federal spending still includes every other awarding agency tagged to AZ. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the 080 parent without the AZ filter. All spending ties indexes other pairs. Do not add those parents into $1,991,222,505.64. A usable footnote names National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Arizona, $1,991,222,505.64, and 781. The compact headline $1.99 billion is that same dollar total rounded. It is not a second extract. The implied mean near $2.55 million is $1,991,222,505.64 divided by 781. Means are not medians. USAspending.gov remains the originating system.

Questions

How much has the National Aeronautics and Space Administration obligated in Arizona?

USAspending.gov records $1,991,222,505.64 across 781 awards with awarding agency 080 and an Arizona tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a count of named centers, unique contractors, or principal investigators. National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Arizona is the live overlay for this pair. Keep both keys when quoting $1,991,222,505.64.

Is $1,991,222,505.64 a measure of named centers, unique contractors, or principal investigators?

No. The packet publishes $1,991,222,505.64 and 781 awards for agency 080 inside AZ coding. Those other series are unpublished here. Unique recipients are unpublished. Quote the dollar total and the award count together. Obligations are not outlays.

Why does this NASA file have 781 awards?

That is the award-record count for 080 × AZ. Combined with $1,991,222,505.64, the average is about $2.55 million. Modifications and repeat instruments add rows. 781 is not unique named centers, unique contractors, or principal investigators. Later ingests can revise the count. Prefer the overlay if the table moved.

Where is the live NASA–Arizona table?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Arizona is the overlay. Arizona federal spending and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are the parents, not addends. All spending ties lists other pairs. Keep both sides of the join when citing $1,991,222,505.64. USAspending.gov is the source. Obligations are not outlays.