For the budget, as you comparing 1960’s dollars to today’s dollars? Because, in equivalent dollars, percentage of the budget, and percentage of GDP, NASA’s budget is smaller than in the 1960’s.
The current problem with NASA is that there are no visionaries at the head. Just a bunch of zero’s politically-correct cronies. The technical expertise is there, just not the will to effectively use it.
“as you” should be “are you”