The Coalition for Aerospace and Science (CAS) is an alliance of prominent industry, university, and science organizations united in our support for robust and sustained federal investments in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). As a group, we believe that increasing federal support and maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness for this vital agency will help ensure our nation’s scientific, industrial, and academic leadership long into the future. As you allocate funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, we urge you to build on the strong bipartisan support established in FY 2016 by providing NASA with at least $20.48 billion for FY 2018 — a five percent increase above the amount provided by the House Appropriations Committee for FY2017