"NASA and space exploration makes our lives better" isn't an axiomatic truth; it's an orthodoxy you've had inculcated in you from childhood that you've personally worked to reinforce via forming a sense of identity of oneself as Smart and Sensitive, Different From Those Jocks.
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That said, NASA themselves are highly internationalist right now but I think you could argue the lack of a Cold War is why they have a much harder time amassing support Donald Trump was all enthusiastic about Artemis because he wants to start a Cold War with China
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Probably a bit of column A and a bit of Column B; there's fewer obvious aspirational goals, so people are contenting themselves with more a vague sense of spiritual/scientific curiosity.
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