Because we still need to bring CO2 levels down even if we stop burning fossil fuel.
And then we'll probably need to burn fossil fuel to keep them at the right level, since we are in a capitalistic society and we're never going to be able to shutdown the CO2 collectors if they are ever built.
It's a common joke because the average budget of a sci-fi blockbuster is higher than a typical space mission.
Of course that's comparing apple's to oranges at several levels, but that's why it's a joke, otherwise Hollywood would have it's own space program.
That can vary wildly based on how compact the flour is.
Well at least that one made sense from a financial point of view. Usually scenes in the Moon or even Mars would be cheaper to film on site.
But there's still lots of waste due to redundancies. I already read some estimates that put European waste on procurement, logistics, and overhead above the entire Russian defense budget.
Now we also need one to deal with the US's worst impulses at the same time.
At very least, EU countries should start merging their armed forces in regional groups as a stepping stone, like Germany and the Netherlands are doing.
The combined budget of the EU militaries dwarves anything but the US defense budget, but lots of it gets lost because of economy of scale.
Armenia is already part of European organisations like the Council of Europe and it's grouped with Eastern Europe in the UN.
Too late, Corporate China reserved November 11 (because it's all 1s) for that, and western corporations are starting to follow it too.
Dignity. So "worth" in the humanist sense of the word, not in the transactional sense.