Space for $200 billion? I'll take it!

In today's Parade magazine, one of the questions was if spending $200 billion in the last 40 years for space exploration was worth it? And the answer was, "really in the eye of the beholder." What a horrible answer! But my question would have been, if we have spent $7 trillion in the last 10 years in wars, how could spending $200 billion in 40 tears on space exploration be considered bad? Not only have we expanded our knowledge of the universe, and therefore mankind, but several useful things have gone from space exploration to use by some people, including light-weight heat resistant suits, artificial heart pumps, and land mine removal devices. What has the last 10 years in Iraq got us? Except for deaths and being hated by a lot of Muslims, not very much. We spend $1 billion every week now for the war, and in 4 years, we spend that we more than we spent for going into space. Now, tell me which money was worth it better?