On Sun, 17 Feb 2019 19:46:05 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
wrote:
The side benefits from the space program, both manned and unmanned,
far, far exceed the costs. Entire industries exist because of it,
including a great deal of life-saving medical technology that would

Isn't it terribly inefficient to, instead of working towards some
highly desirable goal, work on some other completely different goal
and then hope for positive side effects?

Mankind should go into space if going into space produces good
effects, not just because the side effects are useful.

War is another human activity which produces useful side effects. For
instance WWII caused technology to evolve considerably. Should we
therefore go to war with one another on a large scale just because of
the technological benefits?