[Pikachu_Dad]

Once that much metal becomes available, the price will drop to cheaper than water !

[Bob434]

Todd Hoffman is putting together a space team as we speak

[oldbrowser]

supply and demand will adjust prices.

[Pikachu_Dad]

There will be no monopoly cause there are far to many space rocks.

So the final winner will be the cheapest route !

[SpaceBar]

British fish wrappers: is there anything they don't know?

[Snickering Hound]

Flying a couple hundred million miles to get metals you can find on earth is a way to put yourself trillions in debt...

[blackdog]

And the world’s richest dog is the one who bit onto the rear bumper of that Cadillac Escalade and can’t let go.

[Delta 21]

First glance was “Spice mining..........”

[Hot Tabasco]

A fortune of a trillion would make them wealthier than the.....United States

But then again, considering this country's debt, I'm richer too...........

[Yo-Yo]

PRICELESS: One asteroid contains $5.4trillion worth of platinum

Somebody needs to brush up on their understanding of the concept of Supply and Demand.

[arthurus]

$5.4 trillion worth of platinum

A source of that magnitude will produce rapidly declining price on earth and will not be worth trillion once it is sold. Yes people and companies and some governments will become wealthier but not to the static analysis extent and things that require those assets in their manufacture and use will become a lot cheaper..

[Architect of Avalon]

The real values to be found in outer space are water worlds and a way to get to them.

[z3n]

precious metals are going to need to get a lot more precious for an investment to pay off that requires escaping earths gravity with equipment and fuel to remotely mine and process for minerals, and then bring it safely back to earth. Gold, for example, is quite heavy and seems like a re-entry concern. Escaping gravity is only half the problem.

[DuncanWaring]

Assuming that asteroid is spherical, its value works out to not quite $400 per cubic foot.

How many cubic feet would be returned to earth on each trip?

[Skooz]

Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson

I guess "renowned" means he's on TV a lot.

[Licensed-To-Carry]

I call Bovine Excrement.

[BuffaloJack]

There’s already a trillionaire family; how can another be the first?
They are European and have been into banking for several centuries. They are low profile though.

[pgkdan]

Great way to destroy gold and platinum values...

[Huskrrrr]

So a space miner becomes a Trillionaire. What then? I guess you get to work on making your second trillion.

[1Old Pro]

one rock measuring 3,000ft across that contains $5.4 trillion worth of platinum.

Good news for consumers purchasing new catalytic converters.