That's very easy to say, and I am definitely NOT saying you are wrong. But I'd be somewhat careful. Space exploration has in the past provided us with lots of

That's very easy to say, and I am definitely NOT saying you are wrong. But I'd be somewhat careful. Space exploration has in the past provided us with lots of information that we can use to understand our own climate and planetary systems. Not only that, but the often mentioned advances in material sciences and other areas might end up helping us much more than the sunk cost at the beginning.