Rather than make the argument that human spaceflight is worthless because robots can do science better, I'd like to see someone make the (implied, underlying) a

Rather than make the argument that human spaceflight is worthless because robots can do science better, I'd like to see someone make the (implied, underlying) argument that space programs should be primarily about basic scientific research, rather than all the other things assorted people seem to want them to be about (jobs, national prestige, technological spin-offs, exploiting space for economic or military purposes, off-world colonization for human survival, etc).