If you agree, let Congress know. That may be the only backstop against dumbly going where no budget has gone before. Christopher Cokinos is a nature-and science writer whose most recent book is ...

If you agree, let Congress know. That may be the only backstop against dumbly going where no budget has gone before. Christopher Cokinos is a nature-and science writer whose most recent book is ...

In California alone, NASA generates $18 billion in economic activity, including at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, above, in Pasadena. (David McNew / Getty Images) ...

We choose to go to space — sending humans and probes — and we pursue knowledge because curiosity is our evolutionary heritage. We explore other worlds to know them and, in doing so, we discover more ...

If you agree, let Congress know. That may be the only backstop against dumbly going where no budget has gone before. Christopher Cokinos is a nature-and science writer whose most recent book is ...