The recent space elevator created a frenzy on the Internet, and thus, the Bennu asteroid didn't draw much attention.
From Doomsday 2000 to the unremarkable Christmas in 2012, people were no longer bothered by the different end of world conspiracies.
Even if Jiang Chen stood in front of the media and told them there was an alien ship from the universe sailing to them 20.5 light years away for nearly a century, people would probably just smile and label the president richer than most countries with "humorous" and "love to joke."
Because of this, while the criticism against Celestial Trade's irresponsible actions was harsh, it wasn't intense by any means.
However, this didn't mean some countries would give up this point of attack or stop criticizing Celestial Trade on the "space hegemony."
For example, the UA, their partner EU, and Latin American countries didn't stop.