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NASA is one of the few fiscally responsible government organizations. If they run over budget one year, they pay for it out of their budget the next year. In reality NASA generates money for the economy. A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion to the economy in 2005. More than 60% of this came from commercial goods and services created by companies related from space technology. This means that each dollar of NASA spending creates $10 of benefit in the economy. For example, NASA spending created the satellite communications which allows not only radio and television, but also telemedicine, GPS navigation, weather forecasts, and defense.

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