Space is filled with gold platinum and other precious stuff that are rare on earth. The next big Industry will be asteroid mining that's why so many countries and companies are trying to be the first. The first bastard to grab a metal rich asteroid and extract it will be a trillionaire holy shit! Imagine having $1,000,000,000,000! You could own a big country
No one owns space and It's a big place filled with resources. Everyone is salivating over it. Of course where there is gold there is war and many will fight for this shit. Russia is just getting ahead of the curve
I'm glad space mining will begin because it means Africa will stop being the prostitute of the world and finally develop.. hopefully.