Why shouldn't the US government cut the space exploration budget? What are the advantages of exploring space?

The US shouldn't cut the space exploration budget because rare-earth materials are used to make shuttles and satellites.

Advantages of exploring space are:

We can learn a lot about star systems, black holes, and gravity.

We can see earth's surface and know what rival countries are doing.

We can find earth-like planets.

There are more, but these were the quickest to come to mind for me~!