To get R&A funding in line with recommendations... the program that everyone who has ever seriously looked agrees is absolutely foundational and critical to the entire NASA exploration portfolio... would require _only_ $100-200M more per year. Less than the cost of most "very small" missions.
@blog.planetary-research.orgAn Investigative Report on the Funding of NASA Planetary Research and Analysis Programs, FY2011-FY2025
Detailed budget information obtained...
https://blog.planetary-research.org/2026/09/03/an-investigative-report-on-the-funding-of-nasa-planetary-research-and-analysis-programs-fy2011-fy2025/
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An Investigative Report on the Funding of NASA Planetary Research and Analysis Programs, FY2011-FY2025
Detailed budget information obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, Presidential Budget Requests and other sources within the government reveals that NASA has systematically failed to implement decades of recommendations by the National Academies as well as directives by Congress to grow the funding of planetary research and analysis programs (R&A) and meet specific funding...