NASA- Prioritize to Privatize or Bail Out with Bankroll? Why I Think We Should Fund NASA Out The Butt.

Spoiler Alert: If you have staunch opinions about Federal Spending and are waiting to attack the next cotton-pickin’, ninny-muggin, elite liberal on the subject, then this blog post is not for you.

NASA’s landing on Mars will go down in history as one of the greatest long-term boosts in American Technology, Defense and Education, which in turn will create a much more affluent economy in years to come. Here are a few examples:

New Consumer goods

Better travel options, on land/sea/air

More efficient fuel sources

Specialized American Jobs

Foreign Investment in technology, aeronautics and medicine (yes, NASA does medicinal research)

Longer-life expectancy

Higher Educational Standards and Achievements

Defense. Self-explanatory (see space race)

Some of you are disappointed in me for having written this far, but let me explain my reasoning a bit more.

Our government, whether we like it or not, is spending billions, trillions, and whatever-comes-after-that-illions on programs, stimulus packages and economic kick in the pants programs. THAT is undeniable. The structure of our current economic system is hinged on the fact that the government is involved. Sorry, but true. So, this spending will continue or else our economy collapses in-full and most likely takes 100+ years to rebuild.

BUT…

That does not have to be the case. These current programs are perpetuating government spending and investment in public sector, so to right the wrong, one must begin looking at means of investing in sustainable, long-term solutions (Long-term might not be as simple as “stop spending”).

It would make sense to invest in something that in and of itself has long-term implications (did you forget them already? they’re a couple paragraphs up). NASA is exactly that and probably much more so than ANY other government agency.

The newfound sustainability will then allow organic growth and organic growth a boost in GDP, GNP, and ultimately much more infrequent, abused amount of government spending.

So, if we’re going to spend,–which we are–we should be spending in NASA.

Our biggest problem? We don’t think about the next generation of America when it comes to the issues we adhere to. We want fixes NOW.