The United States government would be wise to invest more in NASA.

-Thank you for such a well written argument, instigator. Argument: Budget: As you can recall, in the year of 2012 President Barrack Obama has signed/given the permission to start the new NASA budget. The agency received $17.8 billion, which is less than the the 2011 budget, but keep in mind that the budget is continuously rising and falling each year, the numbers have risen greatly after the 90s. $3.8 billion of that money will actually be used for space exploration. The amount of money is based on how long the exploration will be and how long it will take to construct a spacecraft. Yes, $17.8 billion is a large amount, and the question is, is it worth wasting that money?$4.2 billion is used to perform actual space operations, this may include building the probes and other necessary machines to launch in space. $5.1 billion is used for the science department, where James Webb's telescope is settled. There astronomers and astrophysicists calculate the amount of years it will take to finish the exploration and what will be needed to take to space. The science department (JWST) has not been working diligently lately. They were behind work, and what I am asking myself now is, do we really have to waste our money on procrastinated work? $530 million is brought straight to this department.The problem with this budget is it is $150 million more than the 2011 bill, but they have been telling us it has dropped entirely. In total, the amount that JWST received was $380 million more. According to the bill, “the agreement accommodates cost growth in the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) by making commensurate reductions in other programs.” NASA, unfortunately doesn't have enough money I am assuming, since it has decided to cut other costs for the explorations, which I believe are fully necessary. NASA is one of the organizations that receives the most money out of every organization, merely because it is the only space exploration-handled administration out there. Cutting other costs is crucial to many other departments.These missions will soon enter a financial crisis if the cuts will occur again. NASA administrator, Charles Bolden said, "“requires us to live within our means so we can invest in our future." So, let's pray the cuts won't happen again(1).Sources:http://www.universetoday.com...2015 Budget: NASA has requested money for their new upcoming plans. The congress has added up their money to give it to the space exploration administration. First of all, we should all agree that our economy is not doing so well these days, and NASA is continuously asking for more money each year. Luckily, this budget is $200 million less than the last years budget which was $17.646 billion, and the next year's budget is $17.460 billion, which is still almost the same exact amount. The cut for this year is 1%. Apparently, there is still some good news, such as, some departments received more money, but the bad news is much worse.The astrophysics had a cut of over $61 million including the cut for the SOFIA spacecraft. Planetary science had a cut of over $65 million. These cuts exclude the opportunity for new technological devices to be used (2). Sources:http://www.slate.com...Cons about space exploration: One of the main problems is unforeseen risks, and you can't avoid them. Challenger exploded in 1986 killing 7 people. In 2003, the Columbia shuttle also exploded while it was returning back to Earth. Also the radiation from the sun is a danger to many space explorers. Another main problem is, it is difficult to justify further space explorations. There are other concerns that we should handle, such as, crime and our economical crisis. Unmanned probes may seem as a good idea at first, but the problem is they don't adapt to unforeseen dangers. Mars Climate Orbiter got the wrong coordinates to set on mars and exploded during its taking. $120 million was wasted for the probe's construction.Sources:http://www.ehow.com...