don't they understand that if that much precious metal were able to be retrieved, it would be almost worthless since scarcity is most of it's their...
Posted on 06/18/2021 3:06:04 PM PDT by algore
NASA will head to asteroid 16 Psyche - long thought to be the core of a dead planet - in 2022 to determine if it really contains enough metal that it's worth $10,000 quadrillion and could make every person on the planet a billionaire.
But one new study suggests it's more likely a pile of rubble.
The research, published in Planetary Science Journal, suggests that 16 Psyche is 82.5 percent metal, 7 percent low-iron pyroxene and 10.5 percent carbonaceous chondrite.
It could also have a bulk density, or how much empty space is inside, at 35 percent.
Those figures are well below previous estimates that said it could contain as much as 95 percent metal, making it chock full of iron, nickel and gold.
'That drop in metallic content and bulk density is interesting because it shows that 16 Psyche is more modified than previously thought,' the study's lead author, UArizona undergraduate student David Cantillo, said in a statement.
'Psyche as a rubble pile would be very unexpected, but our data continues to show low-density estimates despite its high metallic content,' Cantillo added.
If it's more rubble-like and less metallic inside as Cantillo and the other researchers believe, it would be similar to other asteroids in the solar system, such as asteroid Bennu.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
but we will know soon enough (unless NASA lies, which is about 100% certain) so we won't know for a while
“undergraduate student David Cantillo” Pfft....
It’s OK. Thanks to the ‘Get-Trump’ induced hyper-inflation that’s coming, the value will soon be $10,000 quadrillion -— even if it is only rubble
Well, the function of NASA is muslim outreach and the Koran says it is perfectly OK to lie to infidels, so your guess is probably correct.
Damn it. I have a deed for this piece of rock. I thought that I was rich. Biden had promised me a good deal.
As if the govt would share it with us, lol. We’re the pawns in their sick game. Why would they allow us to not need them?
don't they understand that if that much precious metal were able to be retrieved, it would be almost worthless since scarcity is most of it's their...
The little neighbor girl sold me a gold nugget once.
Turned out to be a potato chip.
I think she’s bound for law school.
What makes things valuable is scarcity. If we can build our driveways out of gold, having a ton of it is not that big a deal.
I’ve got one if anyone wants a piece of the action
Both the US and the Soviet Union sent probes to Venus. The sparse images and data have not stopped climatologists from speculating Venus used to be earth-like and may have been the victim of 'runaway global warming'.
I love when they find a star with a fluctuating light signature and tell us it's caused by a planet and the planet may have an earth-like environment.
Science! It's not just data, it's speculation based on unconfirmed slivers of data!
Gonna need some really big air brakes getting that thing slowed down coming through erf atmosphere. And then exactly where will this deposit be deposited?
Remember —
10% for there big guy.
I was impressed until I saw the tiny line at the bottom of the thing “Made in China.”
Good flick. A vision of life in space which, imo, is probably pretty close to what it will eventually be like.
PSYCHE!
If EVERYONE is a billionaire who’s going to work the drive-thru?
Boy this sucks. Only 82% metal instead of 95% metal? We’re all going to be $820 millionaires instead of billionaires. Damn, I really wanted to be in the 3 comma club.
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