There is a widespread belief that NASA is struggling to maintain funding to accomplish its mission, but there might be hope through the political process within Washington that NASA will gain what is needed to press forward (Leahy, B., 2006). Consequently, what would it take to continue our planetary exploration agenda? The values behind the space exploration program in the United States is undermined due to the funding required to maintain the program with the public sector. The cause of this relates to poor budgeting relating to congressional restrictions for the program. A unique solution to address this concern would be to divide the funding and research equally between the public and private sector to better manage the program. Understanding these issues would allow us to preserve our drive in both the present and future
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These scale backs can hinder the ability to send astronauts into low orbit or another planet altogether. For example, during the inception of the 21st century NASA was introduced to its financial cutbacks which resulted in the shuttle program being shut down in 2011, and the following year NASA saw an overall budget reduction by nearly $648 million (Eggers, W. D., & Macmillan, P., 2013). This concern of funding for NASA followed them in 2014 by the republican house wanting to further cut the budget. According to Moskowitz C. (2013):
A NASA authorization bill drafted by the Republican majority of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology proposes to slash NASA 's funding to $16.6 billion for 2014, $300 million less than it received in 2013, and $1.1 billion less than President Obama requested for NASA in 2014.
As a result, this bill cripples NASA’s ability to be fully committed to their idea of exploration and requires them to dedicate to the key idea of surveying
These scale backs can hinder the ability to send astronauts into low orbit or another planet altogether. For example, during the inception of the 21st century NASA was introduced to its financial cutbacks which resulted in the shuttle program being shut down in 2011, and the following year NASA saw an overall budget reduction by nearly $648 million (Eggers, W. D., & Macmillan, P., 2013). This concern of funding for NASA followed them in 2014 by the republican house wanting to further cut the budget. According to Moskowitz C. (2013):
A NASA authorization bill drafted by the Republican majority of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology proposes to slash NASA 's funding to $16.6 billion for 2014, $300 million less than it received in 2013, and $1.1 billion less than President Obama requested for NASA in 2014.
As a result, this bill cripples NASA’s ability to be fully committed to their idea of exploration and requires them to dedicate to the key idea of surveying