>>11293549>Space Exploration and Space ResearchIt allows us to see the same physics we experience here on Earth but in conditions that would've been impossible on Earth. This allows us to have a better informed view of the universe around us. There's also the case that Earth's resources are finite and that we need to know where the key resources are in space.
>massive waste of moneyIt's not really. Think about all the things NASA has done after Apollo. Hubble, Galileo, Voyager, Cassini, the ISS, etc. All of that was done on a fraction of a percent of the US total annual federal budget. That is minuscule in the grand scheme of things. If you want to worry about wastefulness, then there are much more worrisome sources of that.
