the problem with NASA

what the priorities of NASA should be:
1. Conduct research, particularly environmental research, on Earth, the sun and Venus (the most earth-like planet).
2. locate asteroids and comets that might strike earth, and devise a practical means of deflecting them.
3. increase humanity's store of knowledge by studying the distant universe.
4. figure out a way to replace today's chemical rockets with a much cheaper way to reach Earth orbit.


the current priorities of NASA:
1. maintain a pointless space station
2. build a pointless base on the moon
3. increase humanity's store of knowledge by studying the distant universe.
4. keep money flowing to favored aerospace contractors and congressional districts.