why?
we have all the necessary tech except for mining robots and the logistical capability to get there and setup.
and the robots are coming and they just went there and back.
so, I'd say 30 yrs conservatively.
maybe 50 to have a sweet mass driver that can reliably fire 5m rocks every hours.
there's very little tech we dont have, it's just the engineering and organization.
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You are assuming a single focused societal/civilizational objective. That does not happen. If designing a new airplane takes decades, this one can only be measured in centuries.