Goldmine' asteroid in our solar system is full of metals worth 'quadrillions

[Beach Ball Bitch]

[Audiogen]

Not that I have confidence it will but hopefully it's mined and the resources are put to good use.

[neonspectraltoast]

I thought rarity gave gold it's worth...

I secretly think it's part of advanced propellant for traversing outer space, though.

[Din Djarin]

I think its already good news we can detect such asteroids. But yes, the main reason that this is big news is of course because there are serious plans to exploit such objects in space

Not that I have confidence it will but hopefully it's mined and the resources are put to good use.

You don't have confidence in the resources being put to good use or that it is mined on the short term? I don't think its mined on the short term either (and don't know where it is when we have the means to do it readily available :P )

[Audiogen]

Both

[Din Djarin]

Wouldn't the valuable metals likely be used like other valuable metals are used these days (so, used in tech like computer chips etc.)?

Hmm I guess at first it could be seen as quite exotic because its from space, but when such exploitation becomes more common I expect the rarity and attributed value of that would lower

[6-eyed]

If we managed to capture that asteroid. All the precious metals will become worthless due to over abundance.

[SpaceMan]

good...maybe bruce willis can make a new movie


i hope elon gets to it first