Capitalism In Space Is A Fantasy

Am thoroughly convinced that for capitalism, space travel is a staggeringly difficult or even entirely intractable problem. The issue is in the incompatibility of the means to the purpose.

Capitalism is immensely concerned with short term growth, while any returns on developing space travel won't be seen for decades if not centuries or millennia. That's too long of a timeframe for the quarterly earnings cycle.

Capitalism is about profit, and not about the enrichment of human life. In fact, as we see time and time again, capitalism operates in opposition to the enrichment of human life. We have more than enough food to feed every human on Earth, but according to capitalism doing so would be a grievous crime against stochkholders and CEOs.

A lot of the benefits space travel might pose to humanity are of no benefit at all for capitalism. Preventing our extinction in the long run? Capitalism doesn't care about that. It's perfectly happy to continue barrelling towards our extinction in the short term while destroying people's lives and our environment.  Capitalism has no foresight--if not checked, and soon, it will smother our species into an early grave. The ability to escape the rancid political environment of the Earth? No benefit for capitalism, which currently holds a dominant position here. Exploration and discovery? Valueless under a regime of profit above all.

On the contrary, for capitalism, the promise of space travel exists as another way for CEOs to scam money from the government and subsidize their quest for endless profit with the tax dollars of the poor.