National Aeronautics and Space Administration federal obligations in Delaware

NASA awards tagged to Delaware

National Aeronautics and Space Administration as awarding agency, Delaware as place-of-performance: 147 records summing to $70,873,524.23. A National Aeronautics and Space Administration award coded outside DE is out. An award in Delaware from a different awarding agency is out even if the topic sounds related. Delaware (DE) excludes Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. A Greenbelt-coded award is MD even if a collaborator sits in Newark, Delaware. Awarding agency 080 does not publish a Goddard-versus-other split on this Delaware cell.

One hundred forty-seven records against $70,873,524.23 is a thin NASA file, thicker than Montana’s 87-row cell and still not a contractor census. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 147 as 147 unique missions, named campuses, or unique contractors. The overlay National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Delaware is the both-keys table. Delaware federal spending is the all-agency state hub. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency book without a DE filter. All spending ties lists other joins. Named campuses are unpublished. Do not treat 147 as unique Delaware labs or as a University of Delaware ranking. Correlation is not causation: Delaware did not cause $70,873,524.23 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 080 × DE only.

Not a Newark campus ranking

$70,873,524.23 does not measure unique missions, named campuses, or unique contractors. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 080 and a DE place-of-performance tag. Awarding agency 080 does not publish a Goddard-versus-other split on this Delaware cell.

Do not treat 147 awards as a census of unique missions, named campuses, or unique contractors. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If Delaware federal spending or National Aeronautics and Space Administration matched $70,873,524.23 and 147, the join would be pointless. Use the overlay when both keys must stay on. Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey NASA joins are other pairs, not addends. Do not add Maryland NASA dollars because a PI later moved to Delaware. Keep the DE tag.

Delaware statewide, not a Wilmington-only map

Place of performance DE is a geography tag on the award, not a metro list and not a commuting zone. Delaware (DE) excludes Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. A Greenbelt-coded award is MD even if a collaborator sits in Newark, Delaware. Recipient address can differ from that state tag. Wilmington, Newark, Dover, and the rest of the counties share one DE stamp.

Named campuses are unpublished. Do not treat 147 as unique Delaware labs or as a University of Delaware ranking. This packet does not split $70,873,524.23 by city, county, or named facility. 147 awards stay statewide. A county table would be a different extract. FEC donation tables do not fund these USAspending obligations.

Small-state tags still record obligations

Even a thick or thin file records obligations, not necessarily outlays. $70,873,524.23 can include amounts that pay on a later schedule. Citing it as cash already sent in Delaware confuses two concepts. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

Delaware’s own budget is a different ledger. Mixing it with the 147-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 $70,873,524.23. Do not add Maryland NASA dollars because a PI later moved to Delaware. Keep the DE tag.

Citing NASA in Delaware

Cite USAspending.gov: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (agency 080) obligated $70,873,524.23 on 147 awards coded to Delaware. Name both sides. Keep “obligations.” Do not relabel the total as unique missions, named campuses, or unique contractors. The pair is NASA plus Delaware, not a single-campus ledger.

Prefer National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Delaware if the overlay has refreshed after an ingest. Delaware federal spending still includes every other awarding agency tagged to DE. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the 080 parent without the DE filter. All spending ties indexes other pairs. Do not add those parents into $70,873,524.23. A usable footnote names National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Delaware, $70,873,524.23, and 147. The compact headline $70.9 million is that same dollar total rounded. It is not a second extract. The implied mean near $482,133 is $70,873,524.23 divided by 147. Means are not medians. USAspending.gov remains the originating system.

Questions

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

USAspending.gov records $70,873,524.23 across 147 awards with awarding agency 080 and a Delaware tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a count of unique missions, named campuses, or unique contractors. National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Delaware is the live overlay for this pair. Keep both keys when quoting $70,873,524.23.

Is $70,873,524.23 a measure of unique missions, named campuses, or unique contractors?

No. The packet publishes $70,873,524.23 and 147 awards for agency 080 inside DE coding. Those other series are unpublished here. Unique recipients are unpublished. Quote the dollar total and the award count together. Obligations are not outlays. Keep both keys.

Does 147 NASA awards mean 147 Delaware labs?

No. 147 is the award-record count for 080 × DE. Combined with $70,873,524.23, the average is about $482,133. Modifications and repeat instruments add rows. 147 is not unique missions, named campuses, or unique contractors. Later ingests can revise the count. Prefer the overlay if the table moved.

Where is the live NASA–Delaware table?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Delaware is the overlay. Delaware 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 $70,873,524.23. USAspending.gov is the source. Obligations are not outlays.