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Re:NASA Has Decided to Start Building the Lunar Gateway Usin... by spiritplumber on Saturday February 20, 2021 @08:37PM (#26210016)
It was a test of:

* Asteroid redirect tech in case of, you know, a dinosaur killer coming your way.

* Asteroid harvesting.

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Re:NASA Has Decided to Start Building the Lunar Gateway Usin... by nickik on Saturday February 20, 2021 @09:16PM (#26210233)
It would do some gravity stuff that now other missions are doing already.

It would have picked up a single small bolder and brought it to LEO.

Non are relevant for resource mining.

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