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NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has been an establishment for human advances since 1958, but in recent year budget cuts and lack of funding has brought NASA to the brink of non-existence. NASA should stay public and receive more funding from the government because “NASA untimely provides more money to the economy then the government spends on it”. So if this country can be on the leading edge of space exploration then funding should be increased. ( Northeastern University) The reason that NASA should receive more funding is because if the U.S wants to push the frontier of space learn the history of us and the universe and protect are self’s from asteroids then NASA is the branch of the government to do this. Another upside to funding NASA would be that the U.S would once again lead the way and be at the top of space flight. Since its establishment under the Eisenhower administration, NASA has pioneered in space exploration and advances in technology, the creation of NASA the U.S has gone not only out of the earths atmosphere but also they have sent the first...

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