But they are in America's economic self interest. These programs are for soft power as much as they are for humanitarian value. Contrary to what those people believe, China is more than willing to compete for goodwill in the developing world, and if we thought US efforts could be hamfisted and come with a dragon seed sometimes, well we're in for some nasty surprises.
The American people, through their elected representatives in Congress, decided saving those kids' lives are in our moral interest. Then Elon Musk decided it isn't.
