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NASA's $985 million Psyche mission to all-metal asteroid nears liftoff
UPI News (via MSN.com) ^ | 14 August 2023 | Stefano Coledan

Posted on 08/15/2023 1:55:11 AM PDT by zeestephen

Preparations are proceeding for the early October launch of a NASA orbiter that uses futuristic electric propulsion technology for a rendezvous with 16 Psyche, the heart of a demolished planet believed to be made almost entirely of iron...the..space probe will..use..its four Hall-effect thrusters to accelerate toward its final destination...One ride-along experiment will test advanced laser-based communications techniques...that...carry massive amounts of information.

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1 posted on 08/15/2023 1:55:11 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

Crash that iron right into Chicago where it can be converted into steel for ship building.


2 posted on 08/15/2023 2:05:30 AM PDT by Candor7 (( Ask not for whom THE Trump trolls...He trolls for thee!)<img src=""width=500></img>)
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To: zeestephen

Elon Musk could probably do that mission for $15 million.


3 posted on 08/15/2023 2:09:20 AM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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To: zeestephen
“Demolished planet”? Vogons?


4 posted on 08/15/2023 2:14:39 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: zeestephen

Everything looks like money laundering to me nowadays.


5 posted on 08/15/2023 2:42:56 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well those that did not make it back.)
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To: zeestephen
NASA orbiter that uses futuristic electric propulsion technology for a rendezvous... Called ion propulsion, its technology involves using solar electrical power to generate electromagnetic fields for charged xenon gas.

SpaceX has been ion thrusters for years now. They decided to use krypton and argon instead of xenon to save on cost.

Spacex and ion thrusters

6 posted on 08/15/2023 3:03:37 AM PDT by Blennos
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To: zeestephen

And just how do they know that it’s part of a planet exactly?
This is junk science...


7 posted on 08/15/2023 3:47:35 AM PDT by Pez149 (Time to stop saying a theory is fact....)
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To: zeestephen

There could be a lot of gold since it is soluble in iron. Take away a rocky planet’s crust where precious metals like gold and platinum are depleted, one potentially has access to them.


8 posted on 08/15/2023 4:49:03 AM PDT by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: mikey_hates_everything

Got your towel?


9 posted on 08/15/2023 5:32:52 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: mountainlion
Everything looks like money laundering to me nowadays.

BINGO!

10 posted on 08/15/2023 5:38:55 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Biden Crime Family and Dem Party - Two Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the CCP.)
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