I was just talking to my son about how absolutely incrediblw it was that apollo 11 1anded on the moon, and here we are we with by comparison unlimited compute and its launch 15 to do the first orbit. I absolutely get its a very different beast, and catching is amazing, but still, serious respect to the apollo program.
The other's total was less than just the Senate Launch System.
In your fucking dreams. NASA’s entire budget has never been more than 4 or 5% gov spending a year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA
Many people don't know it hasn't been more than ~1% of the budget since 1975 (which I did remember, I just thought the peak was higher).