NASA wants to uncover the mystery behind the asteroid “16 Psyche.” that may contain a priceless treasure trove of minerals. “We’ve been to all the different planets, we’ve been to other asteroids. But we’ve never visited a body that has been made of entirely metal,” said Carol Polanskey, project scientist for the Psyche mission. Now NASA, led by researchers at Arizona State University, plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to orbit 16 Psyche – an asteroid roughly the size of Massachusetts, made of iron and other precious metals. The mission’s leader estimates that the iron alone on today’s market would be worth $10,000 quadrillion.
Previously: NASA Selects Two Missions to Visit Asteroids
(Score: 3, Touché) by Dunbal on Friday January 20 2017, @03:23AM
Next solve hunger by eating your own leg.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @04:46AM
We need to outlaw space mining immediately, because it could mean jobs for poor people, and the poor people deserve to be poor.