Are you crazy?!
One average near-earth asteroid contains enough platinum group metal ore equal in wealth to the entire world’s annual product. That, my friend, is a hell of a lot of moolah.
In France, farmers took to eating snails as a way to control pests in their vegetable gardens. That is a good idea to emulate. We should treat asteroids the same way French farmers treat snails - consume them!
Besides, there is a lot of money to be made out in space. To Hell with space tourism.
I’m all in favor of asteroid mining. I’ve advocated it here and other places for years.
I was commenting on how much military/political power you’d have if you could land a big rock wherever you wanted, from city-killers to making a continent or two lifeless.
The UN will NEVER mine space. But let them land Tunguska on those who don’t go along and they’ll sign up, for the children.