[ramblerman]

> Maybe because colonizing Mars is a massive waste of resources that could be better spent fixing the planet we already live on

Right, you are making my point though, because you don't agree with how the money is spent. We have finite resources and infinite and different wishes. Capitalism tries to optimize between these.

Your view of how the government 'should' spend money is perhaps not mine, or my neighbours. Capitalism seems fairer and safer to me, than putting it all on government bureacracy.