I mean i know its quite usual to get clowned with the conspiracy theorist hate tag when you question things about "space", but if NASA (the organization itself, not the astronomers and other intellectuals that are genuinely interested in space) isn't a money funneling operation to appease oligarchs running engineering and tech enterprises rather than doing actual space exploration, then i'll apologize and admit i am a jerk. But i haven't seen much that NASA has done for the US other than "exploration". At least for all the money they get. Very reason why Trump had Space Force started i believe, to find a way to protect the digital and physical space within the US. I know NASA isn't meant to be for defense purposes, but in a grey moment it should have the duty to.

If things weren't the way they are,i would highly approve of researching space age tech for the right reasons. Except when you compare dollar to dollar and the amount of resources that have been used, there hasn't been an efficient transaction occurring. Tesla was right to be concerned about his research.