The benefits affect your life more than you realize, especially if you value human life. God forbid you should get a disease or develop a malignant tumor, then you would be praying hard for the technology that they provide. We won't have to depend on the Russians if we have our own spacecraft to get to the ISS, so I don't know where you are coming from on that one.
Gotta run, it is hubby's birthday. Have a good weekend, see you on the other side ; )
From the article and the fact that the shuttle program is ending.
Any research for future spaceflight will only benefit the country that is going into space so we are doing it for the Chinese for free?
Happy birthday to your hubby and see ya next time.