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The Asteroid Redirect Mission was cool and I'm tired to pretend it wasn't

The Asteroid Redirect Mission was cool and I don't understand why everybody hated it

>>15353006
Based drunk finnbro

>>11153140
How do I follow what the Chinese are doing in space if I don't know the language? English language resources seem very limited to me.

>>11153259
We'll probably see some form of resource extraction from the Moon/Asteroids before 2060, especially as Rare Earth Metals will start to become even more scarce and demand for them will increase. However if that'll be robotic or manned is hard to say.
Otherwise, if Trump gets reelected I can see a moon landing in 2024 leading to a semi-permanent base on the lunar surface and a station in orbit, maybe with ESA/JAXA/Indian(?)/Russian(?) collaboration. That would probably spur the Chinese into action and maybe into a Mars mission.
And I don't expect LEO stations to disappear anytime soon.