Why would you care about access to space if you do not plan to do there anything valuable? The biggest issue with SLS+Orion is that these 40 billions could be

Why would you care about access to space if you do not plan to do there anything valuable? The biggest issue with SLS+Orion is that these 40 billions could be spend on launching space telescopes or missions to other planets. You could get 3 or 4 James Webb Space telescopes. 60 missions like Kepler. 12 Curiosity/Perseverance rovers. One, single, SLS launch will cost 2 billion dollars! That's already 3 Kepler Space Telescopes right there or a Curiosity rover on Mars.