The United States has reached a period in its history where it has financially overextended itself. Instead of creating more government programs there should be less. One way to start the reduction of the out of control government spending is to incorporate NASA into the air force and reduced to a research program.
I believe that we have reached a point in our history that we no longer can and should reach for the stars and worry about the moon and Mars. We should be cutting the national budget and use the money saved to reduce the national debt, fund other needed programs or even reduce taxes. Obviously not all the money going to NASA will go somewhere else. The air force would need some additional money to fund their version. But I believe that as a research program, it can augment what the air force already does.
Our nation is at a financial crossroads and the government needs to be more responsible with our tax money. I believe that reducing NASA to a program under the air force is just a start.
