Ironically, NASA should be downsized – or, better, completely privatized. NASA, despite the dedication and heroic efforts of thousands of its workers and astronauts, is a socialist institution. The wonder is that the Clintons did not love it more.
By its very nature, NASA monopolization of space for government is a violation of the deepest pioneering, free enterprise values of America.
What sane person wants to see the Moon, Mars – indeed the whole human future as we migrate into outer space – undertaken on NASA’s socialist model?
It's not socialism. However, the state should ennable private enterprise rather than compete with it.