Nor have you provided any evidence that it has negatively affected society, your argument is weak. As a matter of fact, NASA has made hundreds of contributions to society, particularly in material sciences. Here is a list I found on a pop-culture site after a few seconds of googling (I am sure there are more detailed lists elsewhere): <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.independent.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;science&#x2F;50-years-50-giant-leaps-how-nasa-rocked-our-world-879377.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.independent.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;science&#x2F;50-years-50-giant-...</a><p>I believe it is quite common for knowledge to permeate across domains (e.g. math-&gt;computer science-&gt;internet or astrobiology-&gt;biology-&gt;medicine). You adopt a naive view where you make the assumption that the works of these scientists are trivial because YOU don&#x27;t see the benefit to our society. With that sort of reasoning we should never embark on any endeavor where we are unsure the outcome would benefit us.