I would think that the budgets show that NASA doesn&#x27;t quite have the funding.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;leadingspace.files.wordpress.com&#x2F;2010&#x2F;10&#x2F;budget1.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;leadingspace.files.wordpress.com&#x2F;2010&#x2F;10&#x2F;budget1.png</a><p>What strikes me is the area under this curve: funding was very high in the space race, but total dollars spent from 1980-2010 are huge too even after inflation.<p>However, % of federal budget paints a grimmer picture on what the feds value. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;c85c7a.medialib.glogster.com&#x2F;paulsoma&#x2F;media&#x2F;e8&#x2F;e876706b7d74b7879bae303ca028769bb55d1173&#x2F;nasa-budget-history.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;c85c7a.medialib.glogster.com&#x2F;paulsoma&#x2F;media&#x2F;e8&#x2F;e87670...</a>