Why is NASA beholden to the government and the taxpayers?

NASA’s top priority is to return American astronauts to the Moon by 2024. It will be the first time a woman has landed on the moon. It plans to build a sustainable presence by 2028. This will be used as a launchpad to explore Mars. The budget includes $3.4 billion to develop landing systems. Another $700 million goes to supporting lunar surface activities. The agency will direct $233 million for robotic precursor missions to Mars. The U.S. government funds NASA using federal revenue from income

Explanation:

Love NASA

each morning i wrote my name

on the dusty cabinet, then crossed

the dining table in script, scrawled

in capitals on the backs of chairs,

practicing signatures like scales

while mother followed squirting

linseed from a burping can

theresa is going to be my girl this year, he promised himself as he left the gym full of students in his new fall clothes.