Goin a little 'get off my lawn' : what's the big deal here? What's it leading to? Where is it taking us? What's the return on all of the investment (except furt

Goin a little 'get off my lawn' : what's the big deal here? What's it leading to? Where is it taking us? What's the return on all of the investment (except further enriching a few of the right pockets)? We aren't going to the stars. We're not colonizing space. Do we need to mine resources off-planet because we waste so many resources on-planet? Our robotic solar system explorers don't really need any help. OTOH, we are destroying the spaceship we were born on, with so many indifferent tactics that it sometimes almost seems planned. Other, helpless species are disappearing regularly. So I find it hard to feel celebratory about these minor victories on the way to ... ???