NASAs fiscal 2017 budget has been cut by 300 million dollars in relation to its budget for fiscal 2016. NASAs budget for 2017 is 19 billion dollars out of a federal budget that is over 4 Trillion.
NASA is one of the few agencies that not only expand our understanding of our planet and our place in the universe, but actually can inspire people to dream about tomorrow. In one decade, NASA brought humanity from barely leaving the atmosphere to landing on the Moon, as well as all of the resultant technological advances that were spurred by doing so.
We cannot be complacent, other nations are striking out into space, America must lead, an reap the scientific, economic and strategic advantages.
Can we as a nation fund the National Space Agency in line with what we are needing it to do?