National Aeronautics and Space Administration obligations in Virginia 2nd District (VA-02)

NASA obligations coded to Virginia 2nd District (VA-02)

Awarding agency 080 and congressional district VA-02 meet here. $862,698,126.72 is the USAspending.gov obligation sum on awards that carry both tags. It is not National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s nationwide total, not every federal dollar coded to Virginia 2nd District (VA-02), and not an outlay register. The packet does not split NASA centers, missions, or contract versus assistance instruments. 86 is an action count: modifications and repeat awards add rows. Unique recipients are unpublished. It is not a center census, a mission catalog, a launch manifest, or a named-contractor file.

Dividing $862,698,126.72 by 86 yields about $10,031,373.57 per award on average. That ratio is two packet facts. It is not a typical contract, grant, or benefit line. 86 awards is a compact NASA file. Same agency code as other NASA district joins, different geography, different dollar share of this district’s own total. Do not treat VA-02’s 080 cell as a synonym for every NASA account nationwide. Open Virginia 2nd District for the district table without this agency filter, National Aeronautics and Space Administration for agency 080 without the VA-02 filter, Virginia federal spending for every awarding agency in the Virginia extract, and All spending ties for the rest of the join list. Quote those hubs as parents, not as addends to $862,698,126.72.

What NASA contributes to this pair

USAspending labels awarding agency 080 as National Aeronautics and Space Administration. That code produced $862,698,126.72 when crossed with Virginia 2nd District (VA-02) place of performance. The agency-wide 080 hub does not require VA-02 geography. The district hub does not require NASA. Only this tie applies both filters, which is why it cites 86 awards. The packet does not split NASA centers, missions, or contract versus assistance instruments.

Correlation is not causation: Virginia 2nd District (VA-02) did not “cause” $862,698,126.72 by existing as a large or small place. Population, outcome scores, and named facilities are not packet facts. The join is 080 × VA-02 only. It is not a center census, a mission catalog, a launch manifest, or a named-contractor file. Do not invent contractors or award recipients to fill the gap. Campaign donations on FEC tables do not fund this USAspending cell; the datasets are separate.

District geography versus Virginia statewide totals

Virginia 2nd District (VA-02) on this join is a USAspending geography field, not a claim that every dollar was disbursed to residents of that district. Awards can list VA-02 while later work occurs elsewhere. Awards tagged to other Virginia districts belong on those ties even when the awarding agency is also 080. Virginia 2nd District (VA-02) is a numbered congressional place-of-performance code inside Virginia. Other Virginia districts are separate joins even when they reuse awarding-agency 080. Virginia 2nd District (VA-02) is a numbered place-of-performance geography, distinct from other Virginia districts that host other awarding agencies. The packet does not name centers.

Why this is not an outlay register

USAspending.gov records an obligation when the federal government commits funds on an award. $862,698,126.72 is that kind of sum for National Aeronautics and Space Administration inside VA-02 coding. Later deobligations, recoveries, or payment schedules can change what leaves the Treasury without this join rewriting itself into a cash register. Assistance and contract awards can share the same awarding-agency rollup; this packet does not split them. Net obligations can include downward adjustments. This page reports $862,698,126.72 as given.

Virginia’s own budget is a separate ledger. Mixing it with the 86-row NASA cell leaves USAspending.gov. Treat 86 as award records in the aggregate, not unique vendors. Do not annualize without a year field in the packet. Do not per-capita or per-recipient the dollar total; those denominators are unpublished. The implied mean ($10,031,373.57) is a concentration statistic, not a typical VA-02 NASA payment.

Live tables versus this snapshot

Cite USAspending.gov: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (agency 080) obligated $862,698,126.72 on 86 awards coded to Virginia 2nd District (VA-02). Name National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Virginia 2nd District (VA-02) together. Keep the obligation word. If Virginia 2nd District or National Aeronautics and Space Administration has refreshed, prefer the live hub over this snapshot for current rows. The pair is not a center census, a mission catalog, a launch manifest, or a named-contractor file. 4.7% of $18,441,444,277.67 is the district share on this packet, not a performance score.

Keep National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Virginia 2nd District (VA-02), $862,698,126.72, and 86 awards together. All spending ties indexes other pairs. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the 080 parent without a VA-02 filter. Virginia federal spending is the Virginia parent. Do not add those parents to this cell. Sharing a district with NASA does not mean campaign donations funded these awards, and it does not convert obligations into outlays. This page reports one USAspending join.

What this packet refuses to infer

86 awards is a compact NASA file. Same agency code as other NASA district joins, different geography, different dollar share of this district’s own total. A large row count makes a program split tempting; the packet still does not supply one. A small row count makes a named-facility story tempting; the packet still does not name facilities or contractors. The implied mean (about $10,031,373.57) and the district share (4.7% of $18,441,444,277.67) are ratios of packet facts. Prefer Virginia 2nd District and National Aeronautics and Space Administration if the live tables moved.

Questions

How much NASA spending is coded to Virginia 2nd District (VA-02)?

USAspending.gov lists $862,698,126.72 in NASA (agency 080) obligations across 86 awards coded to Virginia 2nd District (VA-02). That pair is an obligation join, not an outlay and not Virginia’s complete federal ledger. The cell is 4.7% of the district’s published total ($18,441,444,277.67). Unique recipients are unpublished.

Does $862,698,126.72 include every NASA program in VA-02?

The packet publishes one awarding-agency rollup. The packet does not split NASA centers, missions, or contract versus assistance instruments. $862,698,126.72 is the combined obligation sum for agency 080 inside VA-02 coding. This page will not invent a program pie or name contractors. 86 remains an action count, not a program count.

Is $862,698,126.72 cash already paid in Virginia 2nd District (VA-02)?

No. Obligations are commitments recorded on USAspending.gov awards. Outlays — money that actually left the Treasury — are a different concept and are not this packet’s headline. Treating $862,698,126.72 as checks already cleared in Virginia 2nd District (VA-02) confuses those terms. Later ingests can revise 86 awards. Prefer the live district and agency hubs if the tables moved.

What share of VA-02 obligations is agency 080?

Agency 080 accounts for 4.7% of $18,441,444,277.67 in district-wide obligations on this packet. That share is $862,698,126.72 ÷ $18,441,444,277.67. It is not a ranking of Virginia districts and not an outlay share. Other awarding agencies occupy the remaining district total on other ties.