Huge asteroid is so close to Earth you can see it

I know you're going to likely disagree, and I realize, certainly, why the article is of interest scientifically, however, I'm afraid all that NASA dog and pony show drivel about Mars terraforming or asteroid mining is purest SciFi nonsense in mynview, I've been before my total perm disability, a very serious scientist, research engineer, physicist, and mathematician, I was involved with very serious hard science projects, sevl of them over a quite protracted period, and honestly think I have a pretty fair idea whereof I speak, I'm not saying that to be a wet blanket, or a naysayer, filled with doom and gloom, however, I'm afraid till there's a fleet of nuclear thermal rocket powered ships, there won't he any serious exploration of space, the whole SpaceX thing uses wholly outdated technology and leaves me flatly unimpreßsed beyond landing a rocket vertically, and the nest the human race is gonna manage for decades if not centuries to come are gonna he occasional robots, that's about it, honest, as I said, I know you're gonna disagree, however, that's my honest scientific view, I'm afraid, such as it is, for whatever it might he worth, if you'd care to chat, I'd obv be most eager for your thoughts in any event, of course, many thanks....

I'm sorry, once again, however, to me, such notions are !wrest pie in the sky Scifi Gene Roddenberry fantasy, honest....

Incl a Space Force, which, given the present state of human science, seems also wholly laughable and so woefully premature as to quite honestly beggar description, honest....