i am so excited for what's coming at 2018! we keep advancing really quickly. i am an exoplanet enthusiast i had made 4 posts about in general exoplanet that have been found and about the planets they discovered looking like earth the huge deal isn't only the fact that they discover them but the how
they used AI ( i am extremely excited about this, they merged advancing technologies together for the common good) and that AI used data that mostly nobody cared and checked!
You certainly do sound excited :P
I think we're only getting started. New enabling technologies and a cheaper access to space will drive a pace of innovation that this space has not seen in a long time.
and the Trump's move you mentioned above was really clever in that period of time, i hope when you make this post next year the new initiatives to have change the world ( for the best :P )