NASA will say anything to get money.
Well I wish someone would tell that to the UFO conspiracy theorists who think NASA is hiding aliens all over the place.
True. And then use it for Islamic outreach programs. But consider that 2.5 years from now we won't have the zer0-my-peeps-comes-first administration (unless it slips into a dictatorship which is possible). If we have a conservative administration, we may want a strong NASA both for exploration AND the military.