Acommon misunderstanding among americans is about the amount of money nasa receives from the u. s.
government. nasa's budget has accounted for 0.5 percent of the total u. s. federal budget. that amounts to roughly
$10 of an annual personal income tax going toward the best space program in the world. nasa accounts for 40
times less than what the federal government spends on the department of defense. unfortunately, programs such
as project constellation, which promised to return american astronauts to the moon, and exomars, which was
designed to look for evidence of life on mars and eventually land humans on mars, have been put on hold due to
budget cuts.
the author uses this paragraph to develop which two claims?
-the u. s. department of defense is the strongest in the world, as it
funds that should słually be used by nasa.
-all the nations should come together in order to nasa raise the necessary
funds.
-the majority of the federal budget should be spent on nasa, as its work is
more important than the department of defense.
-collaboration with russia to build the international space station resulted in
the depletion of funds.
-the amount of money spent on nasa is much less than the amount of money
spent on the department of defense.
-project constellation and exomars have been deferred due to a shortage of
funds.
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