ML/NJ
Protection of the US from possible future orbital attack.
Probably the same penumbra that created the internet we’re using.
I don’t try to persuade folks about the benefits of NASA anymore. I provided a link to a NASA website that lists technolgy transfers for anyone that wants to do their own homework and come to their own conclusions on whether it was money well spent or not.
I personally believe that understanding and exploring space is a valuable and rewarding prospect for nations that have the will and the means to do it.
I don’t always agree with the direction that this agency is told to go. NASA has been used for political purposes for decades. As an engineer, it bothers me greatly when the data doesn’t drive the answer...that’s why politics is so frustrating to me.
I think that the end of this world will probably come from out there somewhere.....I mean we are just hurtling through a vast universe with relatively little knowledge of our little area of it. Any knowledge that we can gain in this area, helps mankind in the long run, in my opinion. Of course, there’s not much we can do right now about dangers we may discover....an asteroid heading our way, or the sun getting overly or less active.
Right now, we are just scratching the surface on how humans can live in space. Need to start somewhere....every little advance we make, in my opinion, is moving us forward.
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/nasacity/index2.htm
read article 1 section 8
Freedom from religion in the form of Muslim outreach.