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What are the returns from investing in Space technology?

Is money spent on space travel worth it? What the other 99% actually got out of it: maps, vacuum cleaners and the internet, among other things.

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A spacecraft with solar panels in orbit above city lights on the night side of Earth

Is investing is Space travel and space related technology worth it?

What things the 99% got out of Space travel?
Well maps, vacuums, internet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asWNJ2zMUgA

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