What could we do with the money if we scrapped NASA projects?

Question

Why would we dig graves if we were to die off suddenly? Who would bury us? Is that one of the reasons why NASA exsists? To ensure the survival of our species?

Answer 1

Feed people.

Answer 2

Dig massive graves for the HUGE number of people that will be killed when the next Extinction level event arrives and we have no survival plan?

Answer 3

Pay unemployment for all the engineers, technicians, administrative people, and service people that NASA currently employs.  That's what.

Seriously - take a look at the national debt and the military budget.  NASA gets a very small percentage of the annual budget.  Yes, the agency has loads of inefficiency.  Every government agency does.  But the value of the exploration and pure science that wouldn't happen otherwise can't be measured purely in dollars.