I'm never truly sure about how to answer these questions. "Why go to space?" "Why try to visit Mars or Venus when we have so many problems at home?" As the oth

I'm never truly sure about how to answer these questions. "Why go to space?" "Why try to visit Mars or Venus when we have so many problems at home?" As the other posts have stated there are so many exciting discoveries that have led to new technologies, but I've had a handful of in person conversations about this. And those answers don't seem to resonate. I get it though. Some of these seem so far off, many don't produce results, and money sinks especially if they're tax payer dollars. It's just not possible to 100% fund the winners - that's just not how discovery works.