[meteorite-list] NASA sending ship to asteroid worth 70, 000 times more than the global economy

[Michael Gilmer]

The Daily Star is tabloid trash and no better than the National Enquirer.

I wouldn't take anything seriously if it's published by that outlet.


On 1/31/23, Alfredo Petrov via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> This news report rather distorts the meaning of the word "worth". It's not
> "worth" quadrillions of $$$. It's not "worth" anything at all, because the
> costs of cutting it up and lowering it down through Earth's gravity well
> (safely, without destroying all civilization) far exceeds the value of the
> metal.
>
> On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 at 08:43, Chris Peterson via Meteorite-list <
> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>
>> To be fair, we are sitting right now on a planet worth a lot more than
>> that! And we don't have to go anywhere to investigate it.
>>
>> Resource quantity isn't really the problem. It's accessing those
>> resources.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> *******************************
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>> On 1/30/2023 2:16 PM, drtanuki via Meteorite-list wrote:
>> > Dear List,
>> >    Article in news, "NASA sending ship to asteroid worth 70,000 times
>> more than the global economy".
>> >
>> >
>> https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/nasa-set-spacex-launch-date-29085874
>> >
>> > Best Always,
>> > Dirk Ross...Tokyo
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