Space is where its at folks.
Anybody who doesn't agree with that is not looking to the future. Thousands of satellites we depend on every day are up there now. They need to be protected.
But to go further from that, space is the natural path of progression for human beings. We are explorers by nature, its INSIDE us to go where no one has gone before. It's how this planet was populated.
We can't lose our curiosity or our imagination, because that's when we fail as a species. There is a lot to be discovered out there and I'm sure a lot of things which could benefit humanity.
Plus, there is no damn way we are alone, so there's that too.