Having come from Huntsville, Alabama, aka the Rocket City, I know alot of NASA employees.
1. It'll take damn near 10 years to get whatever it is (including killing someone) done, and you'd still have to subcontract the job out.
2. There'd be a 2 year overrun on the schedule.
3. It still wouldn't operate as intended.
4. Senator so-in-so would demand it be done in his area. There would be a congression battle.
5. It would end over budget and cancelled.
In the end it would be cheaper to give him a free flight into outerspace.