LOL, yup. NASA got funded like the military because .... getting to the Moon first was a military objective.

Once it became clear that we had won the Space Race, NASA's budget plummeted.

Zero interest in exploration, science, expanding Man's frontiers ... straight up, we wanted to be able to drop bombs out of space before the Russkis could.

Back in the day getting off the first shots in a war which would exterminate all life on earth seemed important ..... "We died, but we Won, goldurnit!"

I really wish the OP would come back and explain himself.