My worry isn't that it is some trendy fad, or recognition of the value/inevitability, rather there is some other piece of information that the general public do

My worry isn't that it is some trendy fad, or recognition of the value/inevitability, rather there is some other piece of information that the general public doesn't know. Maybe something not quite catastrophic as of yet, but is quitely driving the powers that be towards an unknown goal. Domination of space is of course going to be an important goal for any of the world powers, but the cost seems too high without a tangible asset/commodity that can provide wealth to keep the economic engines turning.