Comment by batmansmk

Not saying you are wrong, US is lagging behind as well on many other sectors as well compared to the rest of the world; manufacturing, transportation, green tech, participative democracy, integrated administrations to quote a few. Reusable rockets make launching stuff cheaper, but integrated Administrations save you millions of admin jobs that could be redeployed to more game changing missions. Imagine not having to declare your tax, or have bookkeeping, or file mountains of documents to renew a visa.