Duh, that's what I'm saying. It's a waste of resources right now. You seem intent on wasting those resources. So intent you'd turn the government's gun on it's citizens and demand they hand over the money they spend their lives earning to fulfill your fantasy. Comrade, I find that abhorrent.
Ok, let me make sure I have this straight:
1)The free market will move us into space on profit motive.
2)The government shouldn't try to develop space because there is no way to make a profit.
3)The Chinese, national security, national defense are all irrelevant.
I have a proposal: When you get the government to stop taking my money to do something in space, I will be happy for the government to cease trying to make progress in space.
As it is, the taxes are going to be collected anyway, NASA is going to spend the money anyway, and you can only kill the program, not the funding.