I think the point is that while it may be worth $33 million, it would take much, much more than that to get it safely back to Earth. Also, the price of platinu

I think the point is that while it may be worth $33 million, it would take much, much more than that to get it safely back to Earth. Also, the price of platinum is currently driven by the knowledge that it's naturally scarce and the likelihood of a large amount of "new" platinum coming on the market is low. If this ever changes (we somehow figure out how to profitably bring back a tonne of platinum), then the price would likely crash, as the amount out there in space is essentially infinite.