This is a chart of NASA's budget throughout the year, as percentage of the US budget. Now imagine NASA funding stabilized at 60s levels. Where would we be now? <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/NASA-budget-federal.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-14748" title="NASA-budget-federal" src="https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/NASA-budget-federal.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></p>