Many businesses and jobs here within the US are Military jobs that are dependent on continuous usage and waste of military equipment and weapons that often are rendered obsolete shortly after production, However the same level of quality, documentation, and manufacturing are ideal for the Aerospace and space exploration technologies.
We can transition our dependencies on wars and defense into one of exploration and sciences while strengthening our economy.
"For every little piece of mineral or resource we squabble for down here their are a million folds unclaimed up there!"
A single near earth object can have an incredible effect on our rare earth mineral dependencies with other nations.