More NASA Tax Dollars At Work

NASA does much more than launch shuttles and service satellites; It's not all about Spaceships and Extra-solar planets, it's about Earth.
NASA's original goal was to launch satellites that could monitor the Earth, show us weather patterns and study the surface features of the planet we live on. And they still do.
Here 's a story talking about a NASA project many people are not familiar with. Called SERVIR, it helps Latin American countries protect valuable natural resources such as rain forests and shoreline by monitoring weather patterns, producing detailed topographical maps and providing extensive information on the physical environment.
It's about making use of technology to serve all of humankind--dummy.