NASA's budget's bigger than all the rest of the world's civilian space agencies COMBINED:
http://www.spaceprojects.com/Chinese-space-program .
Check out how much more cheaply other nations are doing Mars:
http://www.spaceprojects.com/Mars-underachievement Europe's headed for the Moon comparatively affordably, too.
If NASA was robbing $1.5 million as opposed to $15 billion, I'd still be angry. Thus, comparing NASA's budget to the overall federal one doesn't alleviate my ire much. When's the last time you parted with $1.5 million without feeling irritated?
Like I said, start your own company, come back when you have saved us all.