It takes money to make money, and unless you have some thing to sell, you will make no money.
The title speaks to you ... you no longer dream, instead settling ... for navel contemplation.
As people has said, since the 40’s we've spent at most 700B on space ad aeronautics ... that has produced most of the products we use everyday, in every walk of life - ROI: priceless.
You can no longer dream, can no longer take risks, can do nothing but say no.
To let dreams die because you are too shirt sighted and too weak to envision any future which does not encompass you in a warm cocoon is your lot in life, and the rewards you, your families, and children will reap in the future yet unborn.
Well said!