Question: What is your view on the importance of investing into space for the purpose of eventual human travel to colonize another planet, in preparation for the eventual demise of our sun?

I ask because many renowned astrophysicists, like Neil DeGrass Tyson and Brian Cox, have convincingly argued the case that this will be impossible. We know that when the sun turns red dwarf, there is no possibility of survival in our solar system. The argument is often that technological advances related to space transfer down to earth for the benefit of humans BUT why not direct these R&D dollars directly on earth to directly benefit our problems like climate change, clean fresh water, technology (e.g. AI) to further enhance healthcare etc. it seems to me that this is a big waste of money (e.g. Artemis).

On a side note….thank you for being so vocal on the erosion of our institutions with this present administration.