Note the large communication dish (right) and the engine nozzles (crater - bottom left)
That’s a lot of nickels.
I’m psyched!!!
Note the large communication dish (right) and the engine nozzles (crater - bottom left)
“...a much bigger prize – revealing how Earth’s origins.”
Leaving aside the poor grammar, I’d settle for the $10,000 quadrillion consolation prize.
No. I would say the $10,000 quadrillion is the greater prize, if it could be obtainable.
Methinks that if that much metal were to be dumped on the global market, the value of that asteroid would crash to below $1 quadrillion.
Barely worth the effort to go out and get it...
But... but... who would we sell it to? All those quadrillions of dollars need to come from somewhere, right?
Is there a galactic swap meet where we can offload it all quickly at 80 cents on the dollar?
If they can grab it and crash land it into DC, we’ll get a 2-for-1. :)
Chunk of Death Star?
Here’s the Wiki page for one heckuva great asteroid mission.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_(spacecraft)
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.
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?
“That’s no moon.”
Send Bruce Willis.
More hype from NASA. I'll bet it's worth only half that.
Build a manufacturing complex on it. Mine the metals, make stuff with it (including spaceships) and sell the stuff.
More than enough ferrous metal for my
Nuclear Powered High Speed Roadway of the Future!
I call it NANOLEV.
Come to papa 16-Psyche.
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That’s about $1.3 billion for every person on Earth. Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax can hit them today. At 2% you own $26 million today on the imputed value.