...quasi-religious belief that sending people into space is inherently good. Once you take away that belief... Why would you want to do that? Not sure about t

...quasi-religious belief that sending people into space is inherently good. Once you take away that belief... Why would you want to do that? Not sure about the religious part, but sending people into space is inherently good, indeed. Exactly the same as traveling the world instead of sending a drone to photograph the pyramids. But not everybody can appreciate the difference. Personal preferences aside, it's difficult to argue against your position unless you define what you think are the goals of space exploration, human or not. Maybe there's also different goals for different persons.