We space fans are all very excited about Elon's Spaceship landing on the Moon and Mars but there's something else to get excited about thats barely mentioned... its the Lunar Gateway that will be in orbit around the Moon. A space station that we will build to aid astronauts visiting the Moon.

This guy will be smaller than the ISS but more sophisticated and with the latest tech. 

But there's something else... it will be equipped with an observatory to watch out for asteroids. Orbiting the Moon, free of all the junk orbiting the Earth, it will stand a much better chance of spotting those nasty chunks of rock threatening our existance.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Gateway

41 minutes ago, martin-w said:

But there's something else... it will be equipped with an observatory to watch out for asteroids. Orbiting the Moon, free of all the junk orbiting the Earth, it will stand a much better chance of spotting those nasty chunks of rock threatening our existance.

I couldn't find this in your reference. Is it from a different article?

57 minutes ago, dmwalker said:

I couldn't find this in your reference. Is it from a different article?

Yes, sorry, covered in this video toward the end.