I would think that the budgets show that NASA doesn't quite have the funding. https://leadingspace.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/budget1.png https://leadingspace

I would think that the budgets show that NASA doesn't quite have the funding. https://leadingspace.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/budget1.png https://leadingspace.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/budget1.png What strikes me is the area under this curve: funding was very high in the space race, but total dollars spent from 1980-2010 are huge too even after inflation. However, % of federal budget paints a grimmer picture on what the feds value. http://c85c7a.medialib.glogster.com/paulsoma/media/e8/e876706b7d74b7879bae303ca028769bb55d1173/nasa-budget-history.png http://c85c7a.medialib.glogster.com/paulsoma/media/e8/e87670...