You should ask whether the billions that go to Israel every year are justified in today's world.
" The United States has provisionally agreed via a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide Israel with $3.8 billion per year through 2028, including $500 million per year for missile defense. "
Personally I'd like to see the U.S. launching more of these and not spending over a billion a day murdering innocent people in Iran (and giving cover to Israel murdering innocent people in Lebanon.)
It's more justified than the 1000 billion we spend on "defense"
We could do 4 launches with the money spent on Iran so far.
Even if the reason is because Musk wants a moon base to launch Mars missions, it's still progress. And it's cool, can't wait to see a permanent base on the moon.
From what I have read there isn’t a really good reason to go to the moon. If there was I would like to know. In the US, as this is US taxpayers money, 10 million people are about to loose healthcare. In my world, if there’s no good reason to go to the moon, we should concentrate on that.
I prefer to ask US Billionaires why they can't pay their fair share of taxes to support their fellow human beings. Free healthcare, free college, free childcare, etc would be taken care of.