QUESTION:
Why does NASA work so hard at descovering new things in the universe and
very little on earth?

ANSWER from Donna Shirley on October 20, 1997:
NASA does a lot of work on the earth.  In fact, NASA spends twice as much on
Mission to Planet Earth as it does on space science (non-earth science). You
can see some of JPL's earth work at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/earth/ or look
at NASA MTPE home page at http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/mtpe/