“contain more gold than “
Except when you get it back to Earth...that amount dumped into the economy will depress the price of gold to near nothing!
True! But hopefully the supply will generate a demand.
Think of all the new jewelry, the circuitry, the gold leaf painted buildings...
Anyway, that’s just one small example. Who knows what riches are out there? After Columbus discovered America, did the price of gold and silver drop in Europe? Were the funds and efforts getting there worth the returns?
That question has an answer, of course! The payback was worth 1,000 times the cost! Those efforts greatly expanded the wealth of Europe and the world.
Forget the gold. Water ice is worth its weight/mass in gold.