Pipe dreams of space flight for all

I find it quite amazing that people still are trying to create affordable solutions to mass space travel. We can not collectively afford to feed house clothe and care for all the people on the planet, if the current outcomes of capitalism are to be believed. How can we afford space travel? It is deeply saddening to me that all this energy and resource gets wasted on space races whilst 16,000 children die every day from needless causes (the current outcomes of capitalism are not to be believed - it’s just that the idea of feeding and caring for everyone does not induce enough happiness in people to make it happen).