Can space money be better spent?
Can you elaborate on what, exactly, you mean by "space money"? In doing so, would you also like to point out how insignificant the amount of tax dollars are that goes towards space programs? NASA loses money every year, yet killing brown people gets massive increases. As do the paychecks of the people that authorize the killing of brown people.
No, "space money" is doing the best it can with what it's given. We need a million more Neil Degrasse Tyson's.
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