He'd rather see millions of VC money being put into the next SnapChat, which has obviously much more benefit to humanity than space exploration!
I'm perfectly happy to live my life on Earth. If they suddenly colonise Mars, and it's fantastic, and it makes you live twice as long and have superpowers, I would still rather stay here. I'm simply not interested in it.
People often cite the technological advances - "velcro" etc but I don't think you're getting value for money if that's your aim, and again, I think it should be done in the private sector rather than forcing people who have absolutely no interest in space, to pay for it.
And here was I thinking "spend money on more web apps" was the nadir of human ambition on HN.
* Make another useless timewasting webapp
* Sell it for billions
* Solve world hunger, philanthropy, make the world all better again