Break up NASA?
The only scientist to ever to step foot on another world has made the bold suggestion that NASA should be dismantled. In its place, Dr. Harrison "Jack" Schmitt has proposed the creation of a new agency called the National Space Exploration Administration (NSEA), which would focus solely on the exploration of deep space. NASA's research and development activities would be peeled off and given to NOAA , NSF , and NACA , the latter of which would be revived to handle aeronautical research. Dr. Schmitt offered the following mission for the new NSEA: "Provide the People of the United States of America, as national security and economic interests demand, with the necessary infrastructure, entrepreneurial partnerships, and human and robotic operational capability to settle the Moon, utilize lunar resources, scientifically explore and settle Mars and other deep space destinations, and, if necessary, divert significant Earth-impacting objects." I admit that this