NASA Cries for Money Essay -- Politics Government

In Lee Billings article, What Future for NASA, Billing discusses the past and present perspective of the NASA program and how over fifty years of running hasnt accomplished NASA very much. In 1958 the National Aeronautics and Space Act was signed allowing for NASA to be formed. This fall to a major race which caught Americas eye. The goal was to reach the Moon as quickly as possible, not to develop a lasting ability to go on that point. After the race was won in 1969, America lost interest. Even on NASAs 50th year anniversary, they were still unable to send astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit.Fundings dramatically decreased and NASA is still struggling to pay for any advancements. Something must be done to insure the advancements of research for new technology. But with the loss of funding there wont be anyway to do that very soon. According to Billing, NASAs 2009 budget is about $18 one million million million. Each year the US spends more than $300 billion nonrecreational inter est on the growing debt. On defense and homeland security the US will spend $600 billion and that does not include the $12 billion spent...