re: The Point
Stewart has gotton a lot of work as the host/moderator of space documentaries precisely because he is viewed as the voice of space exploration. Of course X-men is probably more lucrative than Star Trek and documentaries at this point and the ST movies have probably ended so there is little career risk for him to speak out NOW against space exploration. The biggest hypocrysy however was the point made about the billions spent on the movie industry rather than fixing problems on Earth. Something your quote is not remotely related to.
Regards,
Mark