> It's 0.0471% of the 2020 federal budget, which was 4.79 trillion dollars Its just under 1/200, not 1/2000. That is 0.47%. But almost 2/3 of the federal budge

> It's 0.0471% of the 2020 federal budget, which was 4.79 trillion dollars Its just under 1/200, not 1/2000. That is 0.47%. But almost 2/3 of the federal budget is non-discretionary, NASA claims 1.1% of the federal discretionary budget while having 0.8% of the employees. But you’re right, one man’s puny is another man’s puissant and its entirely possible for people to think 20 billion dollars a year is a piddling sum.