Is NASA a waste of money?

5 reasons NASA is da best.

My five reasons:
1) Makes Earth a better place
2) Extinction prevention
3) Offshoot technology
4) Economy
5) Exploration and Imagination

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Summary: 1 in 4 Americans thinks NASA's budget should be reduced. I feel this stems from misunderstandings like how much NASA actually gets in the first place. I tried to shed some light on some of the work NASA does from my personal experience to make a case for why NASA is one of the best investments we make with our tax dollars.

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I make videos like this once a month all year long while supplies last:

[WHATSINSIDEFAMILY]

This is so solid. Really improved my view of NASA

[darianbrown]

The first Mark rober video I saw was about his day job at NASA. I was eleven years old. It inspired me. I’m 17 now. I have a job at a tech startup based in Portland, Oregon. Dear mark: thank you for what you do.

[SheenylHassan]

It's awful how some of the most important professions are the ones who get the least amount of support. We should be funding scientists, not hindering them.

[alijahweems]

3:54 So yeah that definitely happened I did not know they planned it so long ago. When I was first watching this video I was like there's no way that could work.

[MycoolGaming]

"give a man a fire he is warm for a night, set a man on fire he is warm for his lifetime"

[jameshetherington]

The biggest issue I have with people saying "why are we funding NASA when we still have issues with homelessness etc..." is that they have no intention of funding solutions to those issues. They just want to defund nasa

[sweetdrahthaar]

So happy to find this video as I have had mixed feelings about space exploration for a long time. Just discovered the channel and i’m glad I did 👍🏻

[teonasbrk]

"It could be you" is literally one of the most inspiring things I've ever heard. Thank you.

[And-rcyy]

7:09  "The first person to set foot on Mars is alive right now" That's the coolest thing I've heard in a long while. An amazing statement.

[fakelazygd]

Its cool how in my reading class we are writing an essay about is space exploration worth it? This actually helps!

[eclectic_musafir]

As a fellow NASA engineer (KSC), kudos to you for this video, Mark. I'm sharing this on social media, as it's one of the most polished yet succinct justifications for the agency.

[sneezingbroccoli]

Mark Rober - Mars Rover



I just noticed this.

[DobroPitanje]

Person: *Lands on Mars*
Mars rover: *comes up to him*
Person:...
Person:Who's a good boy

[orphikk]

Can you do this again 😭
With the technology of SMAP opening like a origami and seeing it in JWST, the DART project and all the things that has happened really excites me about NASA and Space exploration. And nothing beats you explaining about space and science!

[thephilosopher]

Let me admit that i was one of those who used to say "why we spend money on these space things with all these problems on earth"... but your video changed my perspective on this matter... Thank you

[dhazinshoal]

I wrote an essay on this topic a month ago without knowing this existed. I got an A+ though.

[retrolobster]

i remember watching this 2-3 years ago i was kindainterested in the dart experiment and now it finaly happened

[Latingunner]

Thanks Mark, i’m a newbie at NASA and watching this video got me pumped up to work today.
Merry christmas

[Akebi]

Does anyone even appreciate his effort on cutting that coin in half

[MaddyBlu]

People think 20%(!) of the budget goes to nasa? How could you come up with that? Thats nuts.