You actually believe our gummint spent billions to “answer the questions” of the cosmos? This corrupt gummint doesn’t do a damn thing but hold on to it’s illegitimate power.
This is just a feel good space toy to make pretty pictures. If you think you are not already under intense observation from the sky based instruments placed there by our government you havent been paying attention.
If they were to use it to spy on the world, they would have it in a low-earth orbit, not a million miles away.