perfidy

I see nothing wrong with space exploration. It seems to be a natural consequence of human technological evolution. I get the sense from the previous posts, however, that it would be quite expensive for the government, maybe too much so, and also private investors. 

So here's a possible solution. Perhaps if the government did not go to war every couple of years while simultaneously cutting taxes, it would have more money for space exploration. What if the government did away with capitalism altogether? Then money would be no object. Of course they'd have to convince all the other countries to get rid of capitalism as well.