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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. Re:Get rid of the bean counters by CaptainCarrot · · Score: 5, Interesting
    We should continue exploration not only for the monetary return on investment (ROI), but rather BECAUSE IT'S THERE!

    That's the idealistic response, but this is the kind of thing that will get NASA out of the space business and get people into it who know how to turn a profit on it. In the long run, this is what can make space travel widely accessible, not a government agency.

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    And the brethren went away edified.