I'm sorry that my factual responses to your appreciated replies, including the satellite-related one above, have nevertheless been covered with the blanket accusation of being elements of a mere dogmatic mindset. As for NASA's "achievements," it has traditionally had a larger space budget than all the rest of the world's civilian space budgets COMBINED:

Http://www.spaceprojects.com/Chinese-space-program

One can't help but wonder how much MORE could be achieved with NASA's money if competitive prizes were offered with it, in pursuit of the data that you find so worth pursuing:

http://www.spaceprojects.com/prizes

DARPA offers adequate prizes, but NASA continues to ignore Congressional approval to offer them...