@bdtrickz1

Please educate yourself prior to making baseless statements. NASA and sapce technologies have helped usher in new technologies that you take for granted every day. The very computers that you are using to discuss how much of a waste of money this would be uses integrated circuits that were refined through NASA programs.

Additionally, every dollar that NASA spends returns approximately $1.47 in technological and economic benefits (way more than most programs you would see money go to by the way).

And for those who think that NASA's budget would be better spend on other endeavors like education...here is a news flash for you...

The current NASA budget is a whopping 17.7 billion dollars, which sounds like a lot to your average Joe, but is about 0.001% of the national budget. Still think this is a lot, lets say we scrap NASA and give the money to the education in the United states?? The US spends approximately 900 BILLION DOLLARS in 2013 (Dept. of Education budget by itself was 109 BILLION). So out of almost a trillion dollars what difference would the NASA budget make? NONE! The United States already spends more money than any other country in the world on education and we lag very far behind others...

So it's easy to see why NASA, science, and exploration are actually an important pillar of society, growth, and progress. It's just a little sad that most people (and the younger generation) don't see the connection between evolving science and things like finding ways to feed hungry people as you put it.

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