Even with occasional failures, the public remains in favor of the Faster, Better, Cheaper program which we will examine in detail in the next section. While Faster, Better, Cheaper was being engineered, NASA restructured administrative and personnel layers in the organization. All of this led to NASA becoming one of the most streamlined programs in the US government. In comparison to other governmental programs, we have found the restructured NASA to be a lean organization. NASA's current infrastructure is very acceptable as they keep administrative costs low.
Contracts represent the part of the budget that goes towards tangible production.
Please keep in mind that this is not the most fair contrast as some governmental departments have a positive impact without generating contracts. Faster, Better, Cheaper is a popular program in the public eye, as it gets many missions off the ground per year. The public wants to see instant results from their dollars spent and enjoys this program's high returns at similar costs. This graph illustrates the productivity of NASA's Faster, Better, Cheaper program. The Galileo mission, which was launched under NASA's older mission philosophy, garnered much less public acclaim as it was forgotten in the public's mind during the long development stage of this two billion dollar mission.