The overall budget we put towards space development is less than 1% of the national budget every year.
In every case, where we have invested in space technologies or sciences, the return is always greater than what we put into it.
A few inventions we wouldn't have without investing in space: memory foam, water filters, cordless tools, and scratch resistant lenses.
In 1969 Neil Armstrong gave us the immortal words: “One small step for man, one giant leap for Mankind”. It is time for us to step up as a country and step forward as a community in order to better our lives and live up to those famous words that Neil Armstrong shed on us so many years ago.