Would NASA's space program have been great if Ted Cruz had become president?

The nagging argument of what a Donald Trump presidency might mean for NASA and its plans for space exploration was joined Friday by US News and World Report, which focused what may have been lost when Sen. Ted Cruz. R-Texas dropped out of the race after losing the Indiana Primary. The piece was a curious departure from the trope often made in the media that Cruz is somehow “anti-science” based on his skepticism about climate change. The article is also in stark contrast to the recent CNET piece that suggested that Trump would be good for NASA’s Journey to Mars as he would give it a commercial flavor.