Very true, I don't disagree that its not 100% pure and 'good', but I think space technology has a very important value in our society to explore, and is _especially_ important in solving problems for humanity down the line. As for Climate, without a healthy space industry, our climate observation tools would be set back decades. The first step to dealing with a problem is to become aware of it.
I guess the point is, maximize value per-launch, ideally as far in the net-negative direction as possible. I know that private companies do this already (it's kind of built in to the market of launch contract awards) but I am not sure private companies are going to be better in terms of climate vs well-funded public civilian space science agencies, because they are also incentivized to maximize the number of launches.
