While any form of travel has its risks, space travel tops the chart (riding atop a somewhat-controlled explosion surely raises your life insurance premiums). I’m glad to see that with all the issues Starliner has suffered (and probably some we aren’t aware of) that they have scrubbed the ship for the astronaut’s return.
As for the merits of space travel - many things we have here today are from space exploration technology. Medical breakthroughs and research done in or because of space have helped us ‘planet bound’ people. The new Polaris Dawn mission by SpaceX in a couple of days will do a host of experiments and research. Download the Supercluster app for a detailed explanation of the many events. These experiments require human intervention to be performed and can have far-reaching results. I for one am not a fan of a lunar or Mars colony, but I’m sure few individuals spoke of flying in the 1800’s!