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The Financial Future of Space Travel

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-one-way-tickets dept.

gurps_npc writes " This CNNMoney story discusses the financial future of space travel. In particular it gives some nice names and numbers, such as Bezos, Musk and 3554 Amun. 3554 Amun is an small metalic asteroid that crosses Earth's pass (not on collission course) and contains over 20 trillion US dollars worth of precious metal. It is a great fact to know when trying to explain to flat-earth types that don't understand why we waste money on space travel."

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  1. 20 trillion US dollars at current prices by StrawberryFrog · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's 20 trillion US dollars worth of precious metal at current prices

    You can guarantee that if you manage to mine this rock, prices would go down. Supply and demand.

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