The entity that has exclusive power over the US federal budget, and thus NASA budget, is called the US Congress. This is a standard arrangement in representative democracies.

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petcat 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, and that Congress gave them $10 billion more than they were even asking for.

	▲	Sharlin an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Um, NASA doesn't ask anything from the Congress, they get no say. They did not request their budget to be halved. They advise the executive, and then the executive asks the Congress to halve their budget and cancel half the missions because, you know. Luckily, the Congress was not inclined to agree because NASA actually has a solid bipartisan support.