Extremely well said Adam! Just look at what happened with Apollo: the Moon missions basically kick-started high-tech research, etc, or at least helped the growth. They had to come up with LOADS of new technology and methodology to be able to accomplish the objective. I can't remember exactly, but I once saw an example of some of the stuff they invented for Apollo that is now used for everyday conveniences. Without Apollo, we wouldn't have a lot of things that help us every day!! That, IMO, is money well spent