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At the original 60oz/$800 million dollars, would that make it the most expensive bit of mineral on Earth in 2023?
by ChicagoBoy11 6y ago
At the original 60oz/$800 million dollars, would that make it the most expensive bit of mineral on Earth in 2023?
- moron4hire 6y agoProbably still cheaper than 1st-party printer ink.
- aaronblohowiak 6y agoonly about 10x more expensive than tritium.
- jccooper 6y agoThat's $13,333,333.33/oz, if you charge the whole cost to sample collection. They also get plenty of other science observations, but the main point was sample return. Apollo brought back 842lb of samples for something like $260 billion (inflation adjusted), that being $19,299,287.41/oz. Of course, science was basically a side-effect of Apollo, so you can't really charge it all to sample collection. But if you did, the moon rocks are pricier.
- ChicagoBoy11 6y agoI appreciate you doing the math! Kinda amusing that it comes out to roughly the same order of magnitude!
- DonCopal 6y agoStardust cost 200 million and collected a few grams at most. Hayabusa cost 100 million and collected less than 1 gram. I think those two beat Osiris in price/weight.