Over the past four decades, NASA has matured, which has made it so process-ridden and cautious – so responsible – that it has lost much of its energy and innovativeness. With almost every US election cycle, it endured funding cuts, re-orientations, and the like.
要知道，在过去40年以来，NASA逐渐成长为一个成熟的机构，但这也令其变得程序化且过于谨慎——也就是太害怕承担责任了——这导致整个机构丧失了前进的动力和创新能力。几乎在每个总统大选周期内，NASA都要面对预算缩减，机构目标转向等遭遇。