Space exploration is fine when we can afford it. Its like its great to go out to dinner but ONLY after the other bills are paid first and there is food in the house till next payday.

We have poluted the Moon and space and who knows what else. If we are going to go there, then at least bring our crap home and dispose of it properly, not dump it into space, which we have been doing for years. Of course some of it will burn up on re-entry, but some won't. Should we ever get to the point of real space travel, it will be so cluttered with crap that the World has dumped into it, that it won't be safe to travel thru anyway.