PS to Rob
Didn't mean to imply that Tea Party supporters are rednecks. I know better. But if they continue to gain influence, people will want to know more about where they stand.
I know that NASA isn't high on their radar (yet) because it doesn't cost much. Neither does NPR, but in both cases there are plenty of Americans who want to see the federal funding for both organizations cut to nothing. And the constitution says about as much about space exploration as it does about public broadcasting.
OTOH, as TB seems to suggest, if the federal govt were to withdraw from manned spaceflight doesn't mean America as a whole would have to do the same.