>>11100814Proper Space Program:
Phase 1
1: Cubesat to LEO
2: Cubesats to L3, L4, & L5
3: Cubesat to Cheron
4: Cubesat orbiter-lander combo to the Moon
5: Cubesat orbiter-lander to 1943 Anteros
Phase 2
1: Sample return prospecting robot to 1943 Anteros
2: Sample return prospecting robot to Seleucus
3: Sample return prospecting robot to 1998 KU2
4: Sample return prospecting robot to 1999 KV4
5: Sample return prospecting robot to 1989 UQ
Phase 3
1: Mining return robots to above listed asteroids that seem to be worth mining.
2: LEO space station
3: Moon base (not colony)
Phase 4
1: Space colonies at L3, L4, & L5
2: Sample return prospecting robot fleet to remaining near-Earth asteroids.
3: Mining return robot fleet to best mining candidates
Phase 5
1: Asteroid mining bases on best mining candidates to become space colonies.
2: Asteroid mining colonies installed.
Phase 6+
1: Expansion to moons and asteroids for mining and colonizing.
2: Heliocentric space colonies