How necessary is the NASA program?

In order to make an accurate assessment, we need some facts: NASA's 2011 budget request: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/420990main_FY_201_%20Budget_Overview_1_Feb_2010. read more

Very, if you look beyond the reason the agency and focus on what it does today. such and weather and Earth monitoring. read more

One could present many arguments, from jobs and education to technology development and national security, for undertaking a robust space program. In an ideal world only one argument is necessary, though in the real world some would argue it is not sufficient. read more