> Why would corporations finance interstellar travel anyway? There's no profit in that. Resources? Should we find planets with lots of them but a surrounding e

> Why would corporations finance interstellar travel anyway? There's no profit in that. Resources? Should we find planets with lots of them but a surrounding environment that is hostile to human life, there would be enough demand for mining and automated manufacturing with cargo ships going back and forth. The industry would likely love being permitted to pollute those planets at will since there would be no biosphere that could be harmed.