3 ms·
> 100kg of that stuff my be worth 3 - 5 million $ That might not be enough to break even. The asymptotics work out much better with Asteroid mining.
by wyager 10y ago
> 100kg of that stuff my be worth 3 - 5 million $
That might not be enough to break even.
The asymptotics work out much better with Asteroid mining.
- 13of40 10y agoCuriosity cost $2.5 billion. Round it up to 3 since it's a round trip. You'll have to bring back 200,000 pounds of platinum to break even. That's like 3 or 4 Sherman tanks.
- cloudwalking 10y agoIt will get cheaper as we get more reusable launch vehicles!
- lsaferite 10y agoResource prices will also drop in response to a larger supply. That's what I was taught once upon a time. Now of course you have the likes of Goldman Sachs manipulating prices by stockpiling resources to lower supply.