Curiosity is an inherited characteristic and is a part of us because it is what keeps our minds open to discover the unknown, and going beyond it. It also helped our ancestors survive in the early decades, land on the moon, and do what we thought was impossible. NASA, the science and technology agency that took humans to the moon, is the perfect example of humans’ curiosity and how important NASA is to us because the technology we have wouldn’t have been so advanced if NASA did not exist. Many people believe that the government is spending a lot of the nation’s tax money on NASA, and so they are arguing that we over funding the space agency and instead, the money should be spent on the military, while others say that he nation’s tax money spendings should get rearranged, and NASA should be given a higher budget. …show more content…
Meanwhile, some still criticize the government for "overfunding" the space agency. The argument over where the money should go comes from the majority of those who identify themselves as conservatives. They believe that the taxpayers money should be spent on the military instead of NASA. However, what they do not realize is that the government is already funding the military with all the materials needed. The U.S. is known its compelling and advanced military, and while it is known for a fact that we are spending a portion of the army's allowance on developing weapons that no known enemy could be close to developing such powerful weapons, a change in the budget scheme to move NASA's funds to the military would be unnecessary. In other words, NASA is underfunded rather than being "overfunded," and the army's allowance is enough to keep our nation and citizens safe. Those, who favor over funding the military over NASA, don't realize that cutting NASA's budget will set us far back in the "space race," and will cut thousands of jobs.Over 4,500 people lost their jobs recently because of the budget