&gt; Call me greedy, but within the constraints of a balanced budget, I would like to see an increased portion dedicated to science (be it a &#x27;cancer moonshot&#x27; or an actual marsshot) vs social program<p>Note that this basically happened already. As Apollo wound down, the War on Cancer wound up <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;War_on_Cancer" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;War_on_Cancer</a><p>Turns out it&#x27;s far more difficult to cure cancer than to reach the moon.