I would check your assumption that the money spent going to the moon is wasted—if for nothing else (and there is a lot else), we have stuff like https://en.wiki

I would check your assumption that the money spent going to the moon is wasted—if for nothing else (and there is a lot else), we have stuff like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_spin-off_technologies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_spin-off_technologies