I don't know if this comment is serious or in jest, but making practical use of resources beyond the earth (planets, asteroids, comets) is so far off that it mi

I don't know if this comment is serious or in jest, but making practical use of resources beyond the earth (planets, asteroids, comets) is so far off that it might as well not exist in terms of any practical policy we make today. We seem to be in something of a "second space age" with unbridled optimism about what might be possible in a few decades time. Almost none of the predications from the 50s and 60s have turned out to be even remotely close to reality, and I'm fairly certain we'll see a repeat of that.