> Projects like this generate huge amounts of value for a country Wow, I'm interested. Let's hear them! > they help to push money around the economy (worker s

> Projects like this generate huge amounts of value for a country Wow, I'm interested. Let's hear them! > they help to push money around the economy (worker salaries and equipment invoices) But that already happens with any new enterprise. Any new company created helps push money around through employee salaries and equipment invoices. What's special about a space mission in this regard? > but also in terms of the skills gained by everybody that works on the project But that already happens naturally in the free market. We have an explosion of tech jobs now that are increasing everyone's skills. It's almost a given now that an employee must be computer literate. Advances in technology have required that people have more skills. What's special about a space mission in this regard? > as well as the international capital of being a spacefaring country A.k.a. bragging rights. Do you really think international investors care if a country is throwing rockets when deciding to invest in that country? That they are that frivolous?