The "problem" with science is that it's discoveries now, might not hold any value in the present time, but could be proven worthy in a later stage when we have

The "problem" with science is that it's discoveries now, might not hold any value in the present time, but could be proven worthy in a later stage when we have discovered other things. Let alone the fact that when they pursue a goal to find out for example about a magical Higgs particle, there will be innovations in other side-fields of that particulair research (e.g. computing power, more advanced sensory array's etc). And these technologies can then perhaps be applied in fields that people can actually relate to in their own environment: Making a planetrip more safer by enabling sensors to be less error-prone for example.