Is "a glorified messaging app" vs. "puts things into orbit and literally does rocket science" a fair comparison? Surely there are deeper technical challenges a

Is "a glorified messaging app" vs. "puts things into orbit and literally does rocket science" a fair comparison? Surely there are deeper technical challenges and social motivations to "a glorified messaging app". How about considering the value of wide-spread human communication vs. multi-planetary human existence & space research?