Sure there are these benefits, but the real question is what would be the benefits of some alternative way to spend the money, and how does that compare? What i

Sure there are these benefits, but the real question is what would be the benefits of some alternative way to spend the money, and how does that compare? What if we made STEM degrees tuition free across the country? Surely that would result in a larger talent pool than simply paying NASA engineers to dig holes and then fill them up with rocket parts.