Not quite as late or early, but somewhere in between. Finishing? up rocket science and getting more into cool space stuff (hopefully, if the biters let us, and we don't run out of metal)
Mod List:
Krastorio 2
Space Exploration
And recommended/suggested mods from those 2 major overhauls:
AAI Containers/Industry/Signal/Vehicles
Alien Biomes
Armored Biters
Bottleneck Lite
Bullet Trains
Combat Mechanics Overhaul
Equipment Gantry
Even Distribution
Factorio Library
Fluid Must Flow
Grappling Gun
InformaTron
Jetpack
Logistic Request Manager
Milestones
Module Inserter Simplified
Recipe Book
Robot Attrition
Rocket Log
Shield Projector
Simulation Helper
Solar Calculator
Text Plates
VehicleSnap