Space mining and prospecting might be what’s needed to get space exploration to the next level!
If this asteroid had gold or silver on it then people would right now be on the way to mine it!
If this is, as one theory goes, the ‘solidified core’ of some long gone planet, then it will have gold, silver, uranium, lead and all the heaviest metals as a part of its makeup, not just iron and nickel...................
Probably not. Still very cost-prohibitive.
A NASA engineer once said, “If we had a pile of gold bricks on the moon, we couldn’t afford to bring them back.”
Not until we find an efficient and cheap way of accelerating mass into and out of orbit.