mdma, please don't be so silly.
as Blob has correctly pointed out, the "space program" more than pays for itself and contributes to new and contining technology for years and years.
it may not seem as sexy as starting a freaking war, but it certainly kills a hell of a lot fewer people.
it also affects all kinds of "small" things people have in everyday life. including, oh, people's pacemakers. or their blankets and clothing. computers on thier cars.......the list is so huge I don't even know half of it.
the biggest problem for NASA is simply that no one has bothered to compile this list and present it in some entertaining way to the public so that morons can FINALLY understand why it's more important - and evolved - to seek knowledge than destroy for fun and money.
what NASA is trying to do is ultimately the best thing truely intelligent life is supposed to do.
