Restart the economy by building the economy of the 21st century.
Open sourcing the robonaut project would allow for the mass production of dexterous and capable robotic humanoids.
Automation is the future and we've already spent billions on the technology. The billions came from taxpayers.
Open souce, mass produced robonauts could be programmed to do everything from precision manufacturing to the dishes or mowing the lawn via crowd sourcing.
This isn't something futuristic this is technology we have already developed.