Ron Baalke quoted: > "The net worth of the metal alone in a 1-kilometer asteroid is something > like 100 trillion dollars," said Consolmagno. "How much would it cost to > go up there and collect it? About the same amount."
Hello Everybody, The minor planet Geographos was estimated by Herrick (1971) to be worth some 900 billion dollars in nickel and the heavier elements that are mostly locked in the Earth's core: rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold, etc. Reference: HERRICK SAMUEL (1971) Exploration and 1994 Exploitation of Geographos (In Asteroids (1979), ed. T. Gehrels, pp. 222-226, Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona). Best regards, Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
