3 How much does space exploration cost the USA?
According to the website ‘National Priorities’, in 2015, the US President proposed the spending plan shown in Figure 3.
Using the data shown in Figure 3, complete Activity 3.
Activity 3 US national spending in 2015
Allow approximately 10 minutes
Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Which department has the largest allocation of funds?
2. What proportion of the budget is allocated to science?
3. How much money in total is allocated to energy and environment, and science?
The exact figures are unavailable, but this gives an approximate order of magnitude. You will now look at how much space exploration costs the whole world!
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