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Space exploration is a waste of time. When governments spend money on sending people into space, there is less to spend on helping people in need and on improving services for everyone. Scientists say that when they do experiments in space, they learn more about the universe. But their work would be more useful if it made life better here on Earth.

Which one of these statements, if true, most weakens the above argument?