True conservatives embrace genuine scientific research and development, not a jobs program with little to show for the billions of tax dollars poured into it.
Either you are naive or have a vested interest in NASA’s continued funding. There is some real science and engineering going on with NASA funds, but there is also a lot of “social engineering” and “ego monuments” that sap our economy like other government pork that you don’t like.
Sometimes you don’t merely need to “gore someone else’s ox,” but slaughter the whole herd.
I have no vested interest besides the benefits we all get, and the milestones Americans have made with NASA.
I guess you aren’t however.. Which is impossible, even if you aren’t a US citizen.