Maybe the best jobs are making beds at the local motel. Just like life on this small planet with limited horizons, but take another look. The west side of this garage is a fantastic mural painted by kids and other forward thinking people. The observatory is a state park. Human interest in exploration adds color to life and the challenge of new frontiers can create more interesting jobs.
Science news is more inspiring than reading about scandals and plane crashes.
The findings might inspire government and industry to pull together and conduct space research. That would be more interesting than the way we seem to spend most of our financial resources today. We are currently spending much of our resources building a service economy. That means a future full of quick marts and mini malls. Life in a service economy can get monotonous.