We will absolutely wreck whatever we impose ourselves on!

There are companies already developing the tech to do this.

∙	AstroForge
∙	Karman+
∙	TransAstra
∙	Asteroid Mining Corporation (AMC)
∙	Origin Space​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Terrible take. A lot of what we know in science is due to NASA research. NASA is <0.5% of the federal budget. There are plenty of egregious things we are wasting money on to be upset about - this is not one of them.