根据白宫3月4日公布的联邦政府预算案,NASA 2015财年预算申请额为175亿美元,与2014财年拨款额基本持平。该预算案希望守住NASA几项最大的航天计划的底线,并为一些新的重大天体物理学和行星科学任务奠定基础。不过,该局一位高级官员在预算案公布前称,耗资10亿美元的“平流层红外天文台”(SOFIA)机载红外望远镜将会停飞,除非NASA在该项 According to the federal government budget released by the White House on March 4, NASA’s FY2015 budget application is $ 17.5 billion, which is basically the same as the FY14 appropriation. The budget seeks to hold the bottom line of several of NASA’s largest space programs and paves the way for a number of new major astrophysical and planetary science missions. However, a senior official at the agency said before the budget announcement that the $ 1 billion “SOFIA” airborne infrared telescope would be parked unless NASA