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Topic: NASA just hit the jackpot RE; their budget from congress

Anonymous A started this discussion 6 years ago #88,391

Sounds like an April Fool story..


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/science/nasa-headed-towards-giant-golden-asteroid-that-could-make-everyone-on-earth-a-billionaire.amp

Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #1,011,053

I dont see how they really know shit about it from so far away tho..

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 8 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,011,057

Lots of Telescopes both Optical and Radio Telescopes and newly developed Radar systems.

Deal is observations are This currently "Radar observations indicate that Psyche has a fairly pure iron–nickel composition, consistent with it having one of the highest radar albedos in the asteroid belt (0.37±0.09). Psyche seems to have a surface that is 90% metallic (iron), with small amounts – 6±1% – of orthopyroxene

And it turns out that in Australia there are huge deposits with Exactly the same composition, and Australia is so much closer if orthopyroxene ever finds a market value.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 39 minutes later, 48 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,011,087

@previous (B)
I knew it sound too good to be true..

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