As with anything else, it depends on your point of view. Does Hubble benefit humanity or should we have spent the money helping the homeless instead?

There is no correct answer; only preferences. I happen to like SpaceX’s goals.

Ah, yes, of course. I wasn't trying to make quite the esoteric point. More specifically that currently, if starship succeeds, it will be good business for SpaceX and enable them to launch many more satellites around earth at a cheaper cost but greater scale. I don't think this will be much of a positive for humans in general (beyond the current state).

Now if the lofty goals of enabling Mars and Moon habitation come to fruition, I would take a different view. For now I consider achieving that goal to be science fiction, but hopefully that changes in my lifetime.

Agreed! That makes sense.