Jerry F. Costello: “NASA provides a sizeable return on the taxpayer's investment through its balanced portfolio.”

A strong aerospace industry enables the United States to defend itself, compete in the global marketplace, maintain a highly skilled workforce, and provide safe and secure travel to all Americans.

These contributions will save fuel and reduce noise by enabling more efficient arrivals and are evidence of how investments in research today will produce significant dividends tomorrow.

NASA technologies produce direct economic and societal benefits for all Americans.

But the bottom line is the bottom line, and it comes down to money.