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NASA readies mission to mysterious $10,000 QUADRILLION Psyche asteroid
www.express.co.uk ^
| PUBLISHED: 09:32, Wed, Jun 12, 2019 | UPDATED: 11:16, Wed, Jun 12, 2019
| By Tom Fish
Posted on 06/12/2019 2:25:53 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
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posted on
06/12/2019 2:51:31 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Attach rockets to the thing, then point it in the right direction, it will get here on its own..................
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posted on
06/12/2019 2:52:36 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: EEGator
Then it MUST FLOW!..................
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posted on
06/12/2019 2:53:08 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
True. But as is usually the case with real estate, what matters is location. Even if the real estate is on the outer reaches of the asteroid belt.
To: Brilliant
Just attach rockets and aim...............
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posted on
06/12/2019 2:54:17 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: ETL
do you evah clean the toilet superdweeb?
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posted on
06/12/2019 2:57:06 PM PDT
by
aces
To: Red Badger
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posted on
06/12/2019 2:59:54 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Facts are racist.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
It isn’t worth squat unless you can efficiently mine it and transport the raw material to Earth.
Na, what you do is use the raw material to manufacture in outer-space. Think of the space stations and star ships you could build out of that much material. Maybe even a death star.
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posted on
06/12/2019 3:01:01 PM PDT
by
JoSixChip
(Trump stands alone.)
To: Two Kids' Dad
Take it to a galactic scrap dealer. Quick cash, no questions asked.
To: aces
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posted on
06/12/2019 3:09:15 PM PDT
by
ETL
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To: JoSixChip
We have to cater to illegals and welfare queens.
Scientific progress is of no importance according to the dims wanting to control everything.
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posted on
06/12/2019 3:10:15 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Disc jockeys are as intwerchangeable as spark plugs.)
To: ETL
sorry what superkrypton woman was saying to superman in the stare
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posted on
06/12/2019 3:17:20 PM PDT
by
aces
To: Red Badger
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posted on
06/12/2019 3:19:51 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Disc jockeys are as intwerchangeable as spark plugs.)
To: Brilliant
"I would say the $10,000 quadrillion is the greater prize, if it could be obtainable."
That's odd because that's the base price of Unobtanium
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posted on
06/12/2019 3:24:13 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: JoSixChip
At $100,000 per lb the cheddar ought to be really really good. These calculations of value ignore the cost of the energy required to get to an asteroid to get anything back from it.
To: Red Badger
Easier to say 10 quintillion.
Only problem is that if they brought it down to mine somehow, the price of the material would drop tremendously.
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posted on
06/12/2019 3:26:08 PM PDT
by
fruser1
To: Red Badger
I have only glossed over this. I am not a metallurgist, I am a machinist. 30 years worth. I cut the stuff i dont investigate its properties. Nickle alloys are high heat application materials. Inconel 625 and 718, stellite, waspalloy and a few more . Not stainless steel or titanium. Nickle alloys are their own class of stupid high resistance to stupid high heat and toughness that make carbide cutters wear out quick.
This cant be about money. What fool looks to space to make a buck....not having a tractor beam you know?
This has got to be a bogus story. Good line for the layman though. However...If I were to choose a material to make the ultimate earth-shattering asteroid, guess what it would be?
To: Yo-Yo
I was thinking it would make nickel and iron worthless. Free for the taking.
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posted on
06/12/2019 3:40:03 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: know.your.why
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posted on
06/12/2019 3:48:56 PM PDT
by
US_MilitaryRules
(I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
To: Red Badger
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