An asteroid made of gold and precious metals in NASA'S sights
An asteroid made of gold and precious metals in NASA'S sights By CNEWS - updated 21/01/2020 at 12:57 pm Published on 1/1/2020 12:57 pm Astéroïde Psycho 16 (artistes impression). [NASA] The 2020s promises to be full of discoveries for Nasa. And among the most anticipated missions, the one concerning the asteroid "Psyche 16", promises to capture the attention of space exploration enthusiasts as well as the general public. And for good reason, since the asteroid would harbor an immense quantity of gold and precious metals. All for an estimated value of 700 quintillion of dollars, or 700 billion of a thousand billion billion of dollars. Or $ 93,000 billion per capita of the Earth (if one does not take into account the consequent devaluation of gold if such a redistribution was carried out). The mission was named by Nasa "Psyche: journey to a metal world". The "Psyche" probe is to be launched in 2022 from the Kennedy Space ...