This specifies NASA&#x27;s job:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;history.nasa.gov&#x2F;spaceact.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;history.nasa.gov&#x2F;spaceact.html</a><p>(That&#x27;s actually the original 1958 version. It&#x27;s been amended occasionally since, but that will give you the gist.)<p>There are specific things I would alter about NASA&#x27;s current course (including killing two projects worth a total of about $3 B per year) and I would amend the National Aeronautics and Space Act to alter its long-term trajectory regarding human activity in space, but much of NASA&#x27;s job has been clear for decades.