In fact I just copied&#x2F;pasted the bit about the NASA&#x27;s percentage of the overall US budget from the referenced Wikipedia page. It wasn&#x27;t an attempt at editorialising.<p>Homelessness is certainly an important problem, but is it more important than (for example) tackling antibiotic resistance ($450 million budget in FY2014 [1])? For any deserving issue&#x2F;problem it is possible to play this game all day, as illustrated by the <i>Fallacy of relative privation</i> [2].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.whitehouse.gov&#x2F;sites&#x2F;default&#x2F;files&#x2F;microsites&#x2F;ostp&#x2F;PCAST&#x2F;pcast_carb_report_sept2014.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.whitehouse.gov&#x2F;sites&#x2F;default&#x2F;files&#x2F;microsites&#x2F;os...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fallacy_of_relative_privation" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fallacy_of_relative_privation</a>