You don't know why NASA spends so much money and takes so much time to do the things it has been doing!?  That's mad!  NASA gets a pathetic dribble of money!  The US budget for 2022 was 6.27 trillion!  NASA got 24 billion.  That's less than half a percent of the federal budget.  The military got 1.64 trillion.  Addtionally, if NASA screws up in even the tiniest way, there are people who effectively hamstring the association.  If there were to be another loss of life, it would be even worse.  In contrast, 44 soldiers/veterans commit suicide every day!  No slashing the budget there!