Subcommittee members heard testimony on the future of NASA and space exploration. The panelists discussed various ways to fund future space endeavors under the constraints of a more balanced federal budget and decreasing expenditures for NASA. One such option under discussion was privatizing NASA instead of funding it with tax revenue. The panelists also discussed what the cost benefits of space exploration would mean to the human race in the future and how space exploration has already improved the lives of millions of people.