SANTA CRUZ, California, Oct. 9 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Protecting NASA funding ensures breakthroughs in space science and benefits in daily life continue From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research touch nearly every aspect of modern life By Mike Pena NASA's groundbreaking science missions, vital to exploring the cosmos and expanding humanity's understanding of our place in the univers  more