I understand your point of view here but I think I disagree. If you restrict your view only to the particular targeted research in question you are missing muc

I understand your point of view here but I think I disagree. If you restrict your view only to the particular targeted research in question you are missing much of the pie. Going to the Moon did not help the average person in their day to day lives on its own but numerous side technologies emerged as a result of the engineering and research efforts required to solve problems. LHC and CERN as a whole have led to a number of technological improvements[1], even if the research goals themselves do not seem oriented towards anything an individual should care about today. It is certainly possible that similarly funded fusion research or carbon sequestration research would yield similar technologies, it's not a given. [1]: https://kt.cern/technology-portfolio https://kt.cern/technology-portfolio