Assumption Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson

NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world's premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians…

— Bill Nye

NASA, like every government organization, has some bureaucracy, which can become slimmer.

— Sunita Williams

We need to look at NASA, not as a handout, but as an investment.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Rather than being an impediment, NASA can and should be the driver of commerce, the provider of the technology necessary to make some big…

— Homer Hickam

Our country... invests a tiny fraction of 1 percent in NASA, and this is what's so amazing to me, is with that small investment,…

— John M. Grunsfeld

We need to be very thoughtful about how we propose to spend the money that NASA does have for space exploration. And we need…

— Heidi Hammel

I think it's really a sign of great American strength that we do invest the money we do in technology, in these hard projects,…

— John M. Grunsfeld

I don't want to go back into space for military reasons, but the economic driver still remains. And so it's a matter of people…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I don't think I could advocate for increasing NASA's budget by a factor of two or ten, because I want us to have good…

— Heidi Hammel

NASA's myriad failures are in many ways the natural consequence of a catastrophic combination of bureaucracy, monopoly, and a calcifying aversion to the kind…

— Burt Rutan

The head of NASA ought to be a space professional, not a politician.

— Bill Nelson

The folks at NASA really look at the world and try to envision how things can be better.

— Anne McClain