The only reason America hasn't began space colonization and asteroid mining with any serious might is because of retard treaties left over from the Cold War, that mind you, we and we alone continue to uphold, enforce and pigeonhole ourselves because we would be fucking over faggot Europeans (Plus the two or three other first world cunts outside Europe)If we were smart, we'd just renegotiate with China and split the plum that is outer space and her resources
space is just a barren wasteland of nothingness and rocks. there will never be anywhere more habitable than earth.