The Psyche Asteroid (1 Viewer)

[timschochet]

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-just-fast-tracked-their-mission-to-explore-a-10-000-quadrillion-metal-asteroid

Damn. $10,000 quadrillion? 

Should we extract some of it? What would the consequences be? 

 

[timschochet]

I am seriously all for towing this mother####er into our orbit! What could go wrong? Solve all of our problems overnight. 

 

[Godsbrother]

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-just-fast-tracked-their-mission-to-explore-a-10-000-quadrillion-metal-asteroid

Damn. $10,000 quadrillion? 

Should we extract some of it? What would the consequences be? 

The problem is it will probably take $10,001 quadrillion to bring it back and mine it.

 

[timschochet]

The problem is it will probably take $10,001 quadrillion to bring it back and mine it.

No way. Get a couple of oil rig guys and send them into space with some nukes. Didn't you see that Bruce Willis movie? 

 

[Jayrok]

North Korea will probably beat us to the punch, drag it to the peninsula and mine it to bolster their weapons program.  Iron shields for every soldier!  Probably won't help them build a long range missile, but it will help Kimju will have the largest, bestest pron collection in the galaxy.  

 

[AAABatteries]

Solve all of our problems overnight. 

How's that exactly?

 

[timschochet]

How's that exactly?

10,000 quadrillion dollars!!! 

 

[Osaurus]

That thing full of cobalt?  Hi GM 

 

[jhib]

10,000 quadrillion dollars!!! 

I wouldn't do it for anything less than $10 quintillion.

 

[skol asylum]

We'll mine it in space, disturbing its trajectory and putting it on a collision course for Earth. Sounds about right.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

No way. Get a couple of oil rig guys and send them into space with some nukes. Didn't you see that Bruce Willis movie? 

Wait, do you think mining means blowing up?

 

[Foosball God]

Seems like this is what they should do when they are actually ready to build structures on the moon and Mars.  Why shoot materials up into space when space already has them?

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Something about the asteroid's name makes me think this might be just a mean joke.