NASA continues its mission to Psyche, the asteroid that can make anyone from Earth rich | Sciences
NASA will resume the Psyche mission. In theory, this mission can make anyone from Earth rich because the destination is an asteroid that contains a lot of gold and nickel. The plan is to successfully launch the mission in 2023.
NASA already made plans in 2019 to send an unmanned mission to asteroid 16 Psyche in 2022. However, the mission was delayed due to development and software problems. These problems should be resolved next year, according to the space agency.
At the moment, October 10, 2023 is mentioned as the official launch date. It will take another six years – until August 2029 – for the truly unmanned mission to reach the asteroid.
Every rich earthly
It is estimated that Asteroid 16 Psyche contains so much gold and platinum that its proceeds could, in theory, make any terrestrial person extremely wealthy. The total value of raw materials on a large rock 26 kilometers long is 9,000,000,000,000,000,000 euros, or 9 trillion euros. This is equivalent to 1.3 billion euros for each inhabitant of the earth.
Although the asteroid is very valuable due to the large amounts of iron, nickel and various precious metals, it is not the intention of extracting 16 Psyches. According to NASA, there are a number of reasons for this. First of all, an asteroid can only produce astronomical quantities if it is brought entirely to Earth, chopped up and processed. 16 Bringing a soul to our planet is impossible. Perhaps this can be done with steps with expensive mining tasks, but that is also in the future.
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