"I'd rather spend the money on" is a myth.

The United States has enough money to spend a trillion dollars per year on NASA *AND* have universal healthcare and housing and free education through college for everyone.

It's not either/or. It's both/and.

(The reason we shouldn't spend a trillion dollars per year on the military isn't that we can't afford it or that we need the money for something else. It's that spending a trillion dollars per year on killing machines is unbelievably immoral and evil.)
@theleftistlawyer can I cross post to bluesky?