Nasa has been a political football for decades now. Only a unified national resolve to explore space will cure this problem, and we seem to be far from that un

Nasa has been a political football for decades now. Only a unified national resolve to explore space will cure this problem, and we seem to be far from that unity. Half the country believes it's a waste of money (even though Nasa's whole budget was less than the one time bail-out of GM and Chrysler). Heck, 8% of the country believes the moon landings were faked.