Is there merit in it, or is profit simply cash? What is the time frame for the returns, etc. What I like about space is that you can't know, really, what you will learn by going there. I think some companies are getting into space, precisely because it is a laboratory that almost guarantees new breakthroughs in science. Those should be profitable at some point, but I agree I don't think companies are gonna go mine for gold or oil any time soon. But to answer your question, what I like about space is that the encounter with it challenges our abilities and assumptions like very few encounters still do. I agree that venturing into space is potentially an evolutionary event, and I'm all for evolving. Being active in our engagement with space changes how we can feel about the Earth itself. Astronauts have talked about how meaningful it is to them to simply look at the Earth, and how that changes what it means to them.