I hear your complaint and it should be noted the current piss poor state of NASA is the direct result of piss poor leadership and oversight, Cruz is the kind of leader that can restore NASA to its original glory.
Tax dollars spent on NASA Space Exploration prior to obama neutering it has provided enormous benefits to America and the world, our return on tax dollars spent has been a hundred fold plus over its life time and Cruz wants NASA on that path with purpose again, he’s saying abandon the current state of squandering tax dollars to be wasted on the impossible socialization of islam. The exploration of space and the rewards awaiting have as of yet only just begun, we must once again assume leadership in world of space exploration.
I suspect Cruz wisely and aggressively sought out the appointment to NASA it is an extremely important position, thanks 2DV for this post.
I think you’re badly overstating the benefits that NASA has returned to the U.S. economy for the past couple of decades. Any future benefits will be provided by the private sector as it expands into the business of space travel. My fear is that NASA will be expanded primarily because people consider it embarassing that the U.S. uses Russian rockets to reach the space station. And that NASA will be tasked to find the solution rather than SpaceX or some private company, resulting in solutions that are horribly overpriced and terribly behind schedule.