What is the name and location of the space center you chose? What are some of the space center’s most significant contributions? How was the space center impacted by the retirement of the space shuttle program in 2011? How has this change affected future events scheduled at the space center? What effect does this space center have on the economy and culture of the state where it’s located? What is the national yearly budget for NASA? If possible, find out how much money is allotted to and spent by the space center you chose. How would proposed budget cuts likely impact this space center and NASA’s role as a leader in space travel?