Who needs outer space?

Who needs the space program? What is gained from it besides military advances any more? This isn't based on the mad stalker astronaut incident, but rather on the program being brought to mind. It's obscenely expensive, although probably not by comparison to the Iraq disaster, but it's really just part of the military industrial thang. Cut it, along with funding for the mess in Iraq. Oh, and impeach Bush and Cheney, too.
Homer Simpson floating, weightless, in pursuit of renegade ruffled potato chips; that's the high point of the space program for some years now.