As Artemis II carried astronauts around the moon, some asked a familiar question: Why invest in space exploration when there are so many problems on Earth? Picture this. A rescue team moves through whiteout conditions in the mountains, racing to reach a stranded hiker before nightfall. Somewhere ahead, a distress beacon is transmitting a set of coordinates to satellites overhead. Those coordinates guide rescuers through the storm. The same invisible, space-based infrastructure supports