251 General science and basic research    252 Space flight, research, and support activities
1947 0 0
1948 0 0
1949 0 306
1950 0 343
1951 0 373
1952 6 388
1953 23 449
1954 34 506
1955 61 413
1956 109 386
1957 241 398
1958 254 452
1959 530 725
1960 593 1,983
1961 697 3,628
1962 882 6,062
1963 980 12,146
1964 1,458 19,621
1965 1,428 23,543
1966 1,665 26,852
1967 1,820 23,804
1968 1,900 19,995
1969 1,984 17,221
1970 1,781 14,415
1971 1,908 12,399
1972 1,980 11,904
1973 1,956 11,114
1974 3,171 9,248
1975 2,936 8,352
1976 2,732 8,818
1977 2,649 8,988
1978 2,668 8,660
1979 2,761 8,374
1980 2,698 8,696
1981 2,630 8,889
1982 2,674 9,308
1983 2,621 10,027
1984 2,843 9,945
1985 3,005 9,834
1986 3,228 9,818
1987 3,196 9,839
1988 3,325 11,522
1989 3,484 13,447
1990 3,603 14,755
1991 3,859 15,851
1992 4,257 15,305
1993 4,585 15,244
1994 4,403 14,091
1995 4,608 14,048
1996 4,392 13,882
1997 4,418 14,006
1998 5,663 13,610
1999 5,930 12,996
2000 6,353 12,714
2001 6,566 13,330