This would be short-sighted in the extreme. The Space Station has reached a critical point, and it is vital to ensure that NASA has the resources it needs to carry this mission forward. You can't cut nearly a billion dollars from a highly technical project and continue to meet the space program's important goals. When the appropriate Senate subcommittee took up NASA's budget in September, I went to the mat to get that funding restored, and succeeded. Congress knows well that a strong space program furthers the national interest by advancing the frontiers of pure science in such disciplines as physics, medicine and electronics.
Scientific advances result in economic growth that is the envy of the world.
Possibly the greatest NASA spinoff of all is the microprocessor. The personal computers we all use are the direct result of NASA's development of smaller computers needed for space travel. Weather satellites make it possible for forecasters to warn us of hurricanes, tornadoes and snow storms, giving us time to take shelter and reduce property damage. Medical science has been transformed. NASA research has given us the pacemaker, the defibrillator and countless other life-saving advances.