Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.
You can't take people's opinions personally. Usually what people say about it is a reflection of them own issues.
If leaders in the space program had at its beginning in the 1940s, pointed out the benefits to people on earth rather than emphasizing the search for proof of evolution in space, the program would have saved $100 billion in tax money and achieved greater results.