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Asteroid worth £3 TRILLION in precious metals set to pass Earth on Sunday
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| Updated: 11:50 EST, 17 July 2015
| By Jack Millner
Posted on 07/17/2015 1:58:36 PM PDT by Red Badger
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We should capture it.........................
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:00:23 PM PDT
by
ponygirl
(An Appeal to Heaven.)
To: SunkenCiv
Space Ping!.....................
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:02:18 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: ponygirl
Pff, it will go right through the net. What we need is a giant catcher’s mitt about the size of Long Island...
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:04:13 PM PDT
by
Boogieman
To: Red Badger
Asteroid worth £3 TRILLION ($5.4 million) in precious metals I hate to be a nit-picker but does anyone have any idea what 100 million tons of new acquired platinum reserves would do to the PRICE of platinum? Anyone, anyone? Would the combined value of the asteroid still be $5.4 million? Bueller?
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:06:48 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: Red Badger
'What makes this unusual is the large amount of platinum believed to be lurking in the body of this space visitor. That word BELIEVED.... that's an important part of this statement. All it takes is one time for some company to spend 500 million dollars capturing one of these things and getting $2,700 dollars worth of precious metals ..... to make these dreams seem less inviting.
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:08:30 PM PDT
by
kjam22
(my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
To: Red Badger
What's the price if you do dynamic analysis? If we had the ability to capture it, then platinum would be far easier to get and the price would drop. (see also: oil glut)
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:08:51 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The 1st amendment is the voice and the 2nd is the teeth of freedom. Obama wants to knock out both.)
To: ElkGroveDan
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:09:37 PM PDT
by
boomop1
(Term limits is the only source of change.)
To: Red Badger
If there was suddenly 100 million tons of platinum wouldn’t its price go down to to the level of steel or aluminum? It certainly wouldn’t be precious if it was in abundance.
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:09:41 PM PDT
by
bk1000
(A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
To: ElkGroveDan
I was thinking the same thing. Platinum is valuable because it is rare. introduce a couple thousand tons and the price goes down, Introduce 100 million tons and it will be 10 cents a pound.
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:09:57 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(INTOLERANCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!!!)
To: Red Badger
I’m selling it on eBay for the bargain price of only $200 million. Limit one per customer.
To: Red Badger
Wasn't the "Nostromo" in the movie "Alien" an astroid mining ship?
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:10:14 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
To: ElkGroveDan
They’d be making dust pans out of it....
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:10:25 PM PDT
by
kjam22
(my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
To: kjam22
“What do you mean, Si isn’t silver!”
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:10:45 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Flick Lives
I believe so, yes...............
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:11:36 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Cementjungle
Shipping not included....................Paypal welcome....................
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:12:23 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: bk1000
Yep. Supply goes up, demand doesn’t change, price goes down.............
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:13:14 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Blood of Tyrants
But, if we don’t get it first, we’ll have a platinum gap with the Russkis and then where will we be?
To: Red Badger
Its only worth $3 Trillion because we can’t get it.
If we COULD, then it would flood the market!
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:15:14 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: ElkGroveDan
Why, the captured metal would be worth more!
Because SPACE platinum!
You know that would work somewhere, like QVC overnight infomercials--they'll get Mike Rowe back to plug it...
Heh.
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posted on
07/17/2015 2:19:37 PM PDT
by
W.
(I've said there's no original thought left in Hollywood for A. Long. Time.)
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