By virtue of not pursuing something that doesn&#x27;t efficiently get basic necessities to everyone, I don&#x27;t need evidence as you&#x27;re doing the work for me.<p>Great, but they could have added more if they abandoned space altogether and used all those billions on aid.<p>There is quite literally no point in wasting money on manned interplanetary missions. It&#x27;s futile because we can&#x27;t move at light speed, so even if we did find something it&#x27;d prompt an &quot;oh, ok, cool&quot; and everyone would move on. And we&#x27;d still have slavery and poverty and starvation.