It's not just about the odds of this project. Missions like these make the public interested again. We might very well be in the beginning stages of a public-pr

It's not just about the odds of this project. Missions like these make the public interested again. We might very well be in the beginning stages of a public-private space race, with "space startups" popping up in multiple countries (SpaceX, Blueorigin, [sic] ULA, Onespace[0]). These things can snowball, especially if somebody finds a way to extract resources from the Moon and asteroids. [0]https://www.space.com/40662-china-first-private-spaceflight-launch.html https://www.space.com/40662-china-first-private-spaceflight-...