Why would space matter, economically?

The real immediate economic value hasn't really changed for decades. Starlink is the most recent significant innovation in that area, and it's worth less than 3% of Google's revenue.

The hyped up reasons for space mattering are all completely speculative and at the limits, stretch the bounds of a sane person's credulity: asteroid mining - ok, there may be an economic case for that, but it's far future; colonies on the Moon and Mars - there's no economic case for those, it's purely a dubious expenditure of tax dollars that has no meaningful economic purpose. Etc.

So, what makes spaceflight "important" beyond what it's already used for and has been used for, for decades?