If you thought the Apollo program was a waste, I suggest you scrap your PC and disconnect from the internet. Oh, and don't bother taking advantage of a ton of medical equipment. And no cable or satellite TV for you, either.
The space program accelerated all of that by decades.
It’s obvious you are very pro space so I’m just going to leave it at this. As for these ground application accomplishments I think they would have been developed anyway. I know this is how space travel is normal justified but I don’t buy it.