> Before going into the galaxy, we have to fix ourselves and our society

Space exploration, i.e. NASA, takes up 0.6% of the federal budget, and decreasing. The Great Society programs, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, take up 54% and increasing.

So, be happy: as a society, we've decided that an extra 1% on grandma's pension is worth more than a Moon colony and humans on Mars (quite likely to have been achieved with double the space exploration budget).