[discostu]

Even then demand is finite. Flood the market the prices plunges. Then it becomes not worth the effort. Mining asteroids is a good idea, but it can become a very bad idea.

[infool7]

The value, actually usefulness

since materials such as gold and diamonds have very little utility

of what’s in 16 Psyche

is much higher than rocks on the moon or other planets

which are also in deep deep gravity wells making them that much

more difficult to exploit and I am doubtful that

at any point in the near future the

resources of 16_Psyche will actually be recovered

especially in any significant quantity to effect today’s markets but

now the reason to go into space has dramatically changed

it is no longer ONLY for the high ground but for materials that can be

used both in space, outside of our gravity well and here on earth.

Before this discovery space was merely deadly dangerous and interesting.

Now the entire ballgame has changed and

the race is back on again.

Interesting times indeed.

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